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HISTORY  ^fEVANSTON 


A  WAY  back  in  the  days  of  discovery,  when  explorers 
•**-  of  the  stamp  of  LaSalle,  Marquette  and  Tonty  ap' 
peared  on  the  scene,  we  are  able  to  say  from  the  descrip' 
tions  they  have  left  to  us,  that  Gross  Point  is  one  of  the 
localities  where  they  made  their  camps.  Also  at  certain 
localities  are  found  flint  implements  which  the  Indians  with 
marvelous  industry  shaped  into  appropriate  forms,  leaving 
the  records  of  their  presence  in  quantities  of  flint  chippings 
scattered  about.  The  sites  of  these  villages  are  readily 
recognized  and  are  described  as  "work-shops."  Sites  of  this 
sort  have  been  identified  at  Ridge  Avenue  near  the  Evanston 
Hospital  and  at  Dempster  Street  and  the  lake.  Evidence  of 
Indian  occupation  has  also  been  found  at  other  points  along 
our  lake  shore. 

The  late  Frank  R.  Grover,  who  gave  much  time  to 
the  study  of  Indian  life,  gives  us  some  interesting  ideas. 
Mr.  Grover  believed  that  Father  Pinet,  one  of  the  mission- 
ary priests,  spent  some  years  in  his  travels  in  this  western 
country,  and  in  the  course  of  his  journeys  between  the  home 
stations  on  the  St.  Lawrence  and  the  field  of  his  labors  in 
southern  Illinois,  passed  over  our  region  en  route  to  the 
Illinois  river.  Mr.  Grover  tells  us  that  in  company  with 
other  missionaries  Father  Pinet  established  what  he  hoped 
would  be  a  permanent  mission  on  the  shores  of  a  lake,  the 
site  of  which  is  now  known  as  the  "Skokie."  This  was  the 
"Mission  of  the  Guardian  Angel."  Having  incurred  the 
ill-will  of  the  Governor  General  of  Canada,  Count  Frontenac, 
Pinet  was  obliged  to  abandon  this  mission  and  confine  his 
future  activities  to  the  missions  at  Cahokia  and  Kaskaskia. 

The  chief  wealth  of  the  Indian  was  the  furs  he  was 
able  to  gather,  and  though  the  flesh  of  the  fur-bearing 
animals  was  not  choice  food,  it  served  a  useful  purpose  in 
times  of  scarcity.  The  furs  were  always  in  demand  at 
every  white  man's  trading  post,  and  the  coarser  hides 
served  the  purpose  of  furnishing  coverings  for  the  wig- 
wams.   For  many  purposes  the  Indian  needed  varieties  of 


tools  which  the  flint  implement  makers  were  not  able  to 
supply.  The  traders  brought  to  him  steel  knives,  hatchets, 
axes,  guns  and  ammunition  as  well  as  liquors;  also  blankets 
for  protection  against  the  cold  of  winter.  Articles  of  orna- 
ment were  always  popular  among  the  Indians,  who  were 
ready  purchasers  of  beads  and  buttons.  Furs  were  always 
tendered  in  payment  for  goods  and  were  perfectly  acceptable 
to  the  trader,  especially  as  the  trader  usually  fixed  the  prices. 
Our  best  known  Indian  trader  in  this  region  was  John 
Kinzie,  who  had  a  trading  post  in  Chicago. 

The  story  of  the  aboriginal  inhabitants  of  Illinois  is 
almost  forgotten  in  these  later  times.  We  know,  of  course, 
that  there  was  a  numerous  tribe  known  as  Illinois  Indians 
whose  name  is  perpetuated  in  the  name  of  the  state,  and  that 
in  later  times  the  tribe  became  practically  extinct.  The  "Last 
of  the  Illinois, "  as  referred  to  by  historical  and  romance 
writers,  possess  a  peculiarly  tragic  interest.  There  were 
several  tribes  of  Indians  known  collectively  as  Illinois 
Indians,  comprising  originally  the  Kaskaskias,  Cahokias, 
Tamaroas,  Peorias  and  Mitchigamies.  In  the  days  of  their 
power  these  tribes  contended  against  the  Iroquois,  who  sent 
war  parties  against  them  from  their  far  distant  homes  in 
the  English  province  of  New  York,  and  who  were  in  league 
with  the  Winnebagoes,  Sauks,  and  Pottawatomies.  In  1777 
the  tribes  of  Illinois  Indians  met  their  final  defeat  at  Starved 
Rock,  then  called  the  Rock  of  St.  Louis,  and  only  a  feeble 
remnant  remained;  of  all  those  who  were  thus  collectively 
known,  there  were  but  thirty  warriors  left  in  1800. 

The  Indians  with  whom  the  early  settlers  of  Evanston 
in  the  thirties  and  forties,  came  into  contact  were,  generally 
speaking,  members  of  the  Pottawatomie  tribe.  For  though 
that  tribe  was  supposed  to  have  evacuated  all  the  territory 
in  these  parts  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  treaties 
of  1829  and  1833,  and  had  been  transported  by  the  govern- 
ment to  their  reservations  west  of  the  Missouri  river,  there 
were  occasional  wandering  individuals  to  be  met  with  by 


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EARLY  RAILROAD  TRAIN 


Tavern  and  farmhouse  pictures,  courtesy  Wilde's  History 


the  early  settlers  for  a  number  of  years  afterwards.  The 
Frenchman,  Ouilmette,  had  married  a  squaw  of  the  Potta- 
watomie  tribe  named  Archange,  and  lived  on  the  reserva- 
tion  given  to  this  woman  as  by  the  treaty  of  1829. 

Various  methods  of  disposing  of  their  dead  were 
practiced  by  the  Indians.  Prof.  Mooney,  in  the  "Hand' 
Book  of  American  Indians,"  says  that  it  was  not  the  custom 
of  the  Illinois,  at  the  time  the  whites  first  became  acquainted 
with  them,  to  bury  their  dead.  The  body  was  wrapped  in 
skins  and  attached  by  their  feet  and  arms  to  trees,  around 
which  they  built  a  cage  of  poles  or  branches  to  protect  the 
bodies  from  marauding  animals.  Afterward  the  bones 
were  buried  in  rude  stone  sepulchres. 

When  the  Hill  family  first  settled  in  this  region,  two  of 
the  boys  of  the  family  were  ranging  through  the  woods  near 
Wilmette  when  they  noticed  a  neatly  built  pen  in  the 
woods.  Going  closer,  the  boys  noticed  the  dead  body  of  an 
Indian  inside  of  the  pen  where  it  had  been  placed  as  de- 
scribed. Near  the  body  lay  some  of  the  implements  of  war 
and  of  the  chase. 

There  were  many  kinds  of  game  in  the  country  when 
the  Hill  family  settled  here.  Deer  were  frequently  seen 
in  the  neighborhood,  young  Hill  often  seeing  as  many  as  a 
dozen  at  a  time.  The  settlers,  however,  suffered  from 
lack  of  firearms.  A  rifle  or  a  shot  gun  was  not  often  owned 
by  the  early  settler  and  he  depended  on  borrowing  such 
an  article  from  his  more  fortunate  neighbor.  Deer  were 
chased   toward   the   lake,   which   they  would  enter  in  an 


attempt  to  out'distance  their  pursuers,  but  the  hunters 
would  find  means  to  follow  them  and  kill  them  in  the 
water.  The  Hill  family  lived  in  a  cabin  on  the  Ridge  Road 
near  the  present  site  of  St.  Francis  Hospital.  The  first 
night  after  their  arrival  the  family  began  to  make  themselves 
comfortable  in  their  forest  home.  The  father,  Arunah 
Hill,  had  brought  with  him  from  their  Ohio  home  a  number 
of  articles  useful  in  such  a  place,  and  Mrs.  Hill  often  said 
afterwards  that  it  was  the  "handiest"  house  she  had  ever 
lived  in,  for  when  the  stove  with  its  short  length  of  pipe 
projecting  through  a  window  began  to  smoke  she  could 
set  it  near  another  window  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
room  and  thus  procure  a  good  draft.  Scarcely  a  tree  had 
been  felled  around  it.  Large  forest  trees  stood  near  the 
cabin  and  as  soon  as  the  sun  went  down  the  wolves,  which 
were  very  numerous,  would  commence  to  howl  and  bark. 
As  the  darkness  deepened  the  sounds  would  indicate  the 
nearer  approach  of  the  animals,  and  often  in  the  midst  of 
the  howls  of  the  wolves  would  be  heard  the  piercing  cries 
of  lynx  and  wildcats.  Owls  hooted  from  the  trees  and 
added  to  the  nocturnal  chorus  which  frightened  the  family 
until  they  had  become  accustomed  to  these  voices  of  the 
night. 

The  removal  of  the  Indians  from  this  part  of  the 
country  to  their  reservations  west  of  the  Missouri  river 
occurred  in  1835,  as  the  result  of  a  treaty  between  the 
United  States  government  on  the  one  hand,  and  the  Potta- 
watomi,  Ottawa,  and  Chippewa  tribes  on  the  other. 
About  5000  Indians  were  transported  at  the  expense  of  the 


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government,  by  means  of  conveyances  obtained  from  the 
settlers  of  Illinois  and  Iowa  through  which  states  they 
passed.  Winter  had  been  selected  for  this  removal,  because 
the  country  would  be  frozen  up  and  covered  with  snow, 
permitting  the  use  of  large  sleds.  Thus  the  region  in  which 
Evanston  is  now  situated  was  cleared  of  the  Indians,  and 
immigrants  began  to  flock  in  from  eastern  states  in  great 
numbers. 

Among  our  first  settlers  were  the  families  of  Stephen 
Scott,  Abraham  Hathaway,  Edward  H.  Mulford,  Ozro  and 
Charles  Crain,  George  W.  Huntoon,  David  W.  Burroughs, 
Arunah  Hill,  John  O'Leary,  John  J.  Foster,  Anton  Ouib 
mette,  Abraham  Wigglesworth,  Edward  Murphy,  Sylvester 
Beckwith  and  Benjamin  Emerson. 

Some  readers  may  be  surprised  to  learn  that  there  was 
a  post  office  in  existence  at  Niles  Center,  some  ten  years 
before  Gross  Point  began  its  career.  This  post  office  was 
called  "Dutchman's  Point, "  and  the  early  inhabitants  were 
obliged  to  go  to  that  settlement  for  their  mail,  though  many 
used  the  Chicago  post  office.  Of  course  there  were  no 
mail  carriers  in  that  early  time  and  the  people  depended  on 
some  one  among  the  young  people  to  bring  all  the  mail 
matter  of  the  neighborhood  to  them  after  a  journey  on 
horseback  to  the  city. 

In  the  year  1850  the  region  which  includes  the  present 
city  of  Evanston  may  be  described  as  a  primeval  tract  of 
forest,  sandy  ridges,  and  swamps.  The  early  settlers  who 
had  come  to  this  region  in   the  thirties  and  forties  had 


begun  to  establish  themselves  in  cabins  built  of  logs  or 
roughly  sawed  lumber,  for  already  sawmills  had  been  built 
on  the  North  Branch  of  the  Chicago  river  and  other  streams 
toward  the  west.  Log  houses  were  still  in  fashion  and  were 
really  the  most  comfortable  form  of  houses  among  the 
settlers,  who  were  busy  cutting  away  trees,  burning  out 
the  stumps,  and  preparing  the  land  for  farming. 

The  fences  surrounding  their  farms  were  usually  the 
ordinary  rail  fences  of  the  pioneers  and  the  roads  were  laid 
out  in  accordance  with  the  surveys  recorded  in  the  office 
of  the  county  clerk  in  Chicago,  accessible  to  anyone.  The 
county  of  Cook  had  been  organized  in  1831,  and  Chicago, 
being  the  principal  market  town  in  this  vicinity,  was 
chosen  as  the  county  seat.  The  name  of  Evanston  was  not 
known  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  community,  which  was 
called  Gross  Point,  that  name  having  been  applied  by  the 
early  French  voyageurs.  A  post  office  was  established  in 
1846  with  George  M.  Huntoon  as  postmaster.  A  few 
years  later  (1850)  the  name  was  changed  to  Ridgeville.  In 
those  days  the  inhabitants  of  every  new  town  or  post  office 
attached  the  syllable  "'ville"  to  any  name  they  had  chosen 
and  the  country  is  full  of  such  names  at  the  present  time. 
The  place  was  called  Ridgeville  thereafter  and  so  continued 
until  August  27,  1855,  when  it  was  again  changed,  this  time 
to  Evanston,  in  honor  of  Dr.  John  Evans. 

The  life  of  the  people  along  the  shores  of  Lake  Michigan, 
as  may  well  be  imagined,  was  in  the  early  days  closely  inter' 
woven  with  that  of  the  sea-faring  life  on  its  broad  waters. 
Many  of  the  families  living  here  had  one  or  more  sailor 


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members.  Captain  Sylvester  Beckwith  sailed  a  schooner  in 
the  early  forties.  He  married  a  daughter  of  David  Nolton 
Burroughs  in  1842,  and  as  he  thus  became  connected  by 
marriage  with  one  of  our  early  pioneer  families,  his  career 
may  be  taken  as  typical  of  our  early  lake  mariners.  Cap- 
tain  Beckwith  sailed  the  lakes  for  fourteen  years  before  he 
settled  as  a  farmer  in  the  Gross  Point  neighborhood.  In 
1841  his  schooner,  which  bore  the  name  of  Winslow,  went 
ashore  near  the  present  site  of  Winnetka  and  his  crew  took 
refuge  in  a  tavern  kept  by  Mrs.  Patterson.  This  proved 
to  be  the  end  of  his  seafaring  life.  Capt.  Beckwith  had 
often  passed  these  shores  and  had  been  captivated  by  the 
charming  country  along  the  bluffs,  which  the  sailors  often 
called  "Beauty's  Eyebrow."  No  doubt  he  felt  that  it  was 
a  happy  omen  to  be  thus  cast  away  amid  such  scenes  of 
loveliness.  The  mate  of  the  schooner  which  he  had  thus 
abandoned  was  Nelson  Naper,  who  himself  was  an  old 
settler  in  this  region,  having  been  the  founder  of  Naper- 
ville.  It  is  also  reported  that  in  the  Black  Hawk  War  of 
1832  Naper  had  saved  the  settlers  from  the  savages. 

Capt.  Beckwith  afterwards  became  a  member  of  the 
party  of  California  Argonauts  which  had  been  made  up  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Gross  Point  and  which  numbered 
about  thirty  gold-seekers  who  started  across  the  plains  in 
1850.  This  party  was  under  the  leadership  of  Ozro  Crain. 
Beckwith  returned  to  his  farming  activities  a  year  or  two 
later.  Among  other  early  settlers  who  formerly  sailed  the 
lakes  may  be  mentioned  Capt.  Robert  Kyle  (married  Ann 
Marshall),  Capt.  Nelson  Haven  (married  Mary  Colvin), 


Capt.  Nelson  Naper  (mate  of  the  "Winslow"),  Capt.  Fred 
Canfield,  Capt.  Charles  M.  Lindgren  (father  of  the  late 
John  R.  Lindgren),  and  Capt.  L.  O.  Lawson,  who  in  later 
years  was  captain  of  the  Life  Saving  Crew. 

The  California  gold  fever  which  broke  out  in  the  year 
1849,  produced  a  profound  excitement  among  the  people 
living  at  Gross  Point  at  that  time.  Ozro  Crain,  one  of  the 
early  residents,  went  to  California  in  1849  and  having  seen 
for  himself  the  wonderful  richness  of  the  gold  mines,  re 
turned  later  in  the  year  with  glowing  accounts,  which  he 
related  to  his  neighbors. 

The  prosperity  enjoyed  by  the  settlers  enabled  them 
to  undertake  the  long  journey  across  the  plains  fully  equip- 
ped  with  the  means  of  transportation.  In  April  of  the 
following  year  a  party  of  about  thirty  was  made  up,  under 
the  leadership  of  Ozro  Crain,  and  started  on  the  journey. 
Every  two  persons  were  provided  with  a  light  wagon  and 
a  horse,  and  an  extra  horse  was  led  behind  each  wagon. 
Those  who  could  not  go  freely  loaned  money  to  those  who 
could,  in  cases  where  the  latter  were  not  themselves  suffi- 
ciently provided. 

Besides  his  outfit,  each  person  was  obliged  to  be  pro- 
vided with  ready  money  to  buy  supplies  on  the  way  and 
establish  himself  after  arriving  at  the  destination.  The 
parting  of  the  adventurers  from  their  families  and  friends 
was  affecting.  Keepsakes  and  locks  of  hair  were  left  with 
the  dear  ones,  and  many  sad  farewells  were  spoken  as  the 
party  disappeared  south  along  Ridge  Road  bound  for  the 


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new  Eldorado.  A  large  number  of  "California  widows," 
as  they  were  called,  were  left  behind  to  carry  on  the  work 
of  farm  and  shop  during  the  absence  of  their  husbands  and 
brothers,  an  absence  which  it  was  supposed  would  very 
likely  extend  to  a  period  of  at  least  two  years. 

We  have  some  interesting  records  of  the  journey. 
Alexander  McDaniel  methodically  kept  a  diary  during  the 
two  years  of  his  absence,  and  also  wrote  long  letters  to  his 
young  wife  at  home.  He  was  a  fluent  letter  writer  and  many 
of  these  letters  have  been  preserved  and  copies  of  them 
are  now  in  the  possession  of  the  Evanston  Historical  Society. 
McDaniel  records  in  his  diary  the  amount  of  "dust"  taken 
each  day,  and  the  amounts  varied  from  three  or  four  dollars 
to  over  thirty,  and  on  exceptional  days  much  larger  sums. 
As  fast  as  he  accumulated  the  precious  metal  in  sufficient 
quantities  to  make  shipments  he  sent  it  by  Wells  and  Fargo 
to  his  faithful  wife  at  home,  who  cared  for  it  safely  until 
he  returned  some  twenty-one  months  later.  He  gained 
about  three  thousand  dollars  as  the  result  of  his  industry. 

The  Crains  also  did  well,  as  did  many  others  in  the 
party.  Almost  all  returned  within  a  couple  of  years,  either 
across  the  plains,  the  way  they  had  gone,  or  by  the  Panama 
route.  One,  Benjamin  Emerson,  was  robbed  of  four  thousand 
dollars  of  his  gains  while  on  his  way  home.  There  are  today 
old  estates  among  families  in  Evanston  which  are  in  part 
the  result  of  money  brought  back  from  the  gold  mines  of 
California. 

There  are  several  distinct  ridges  within  the  territory 


where  Evanston  is  now  situated.  Beginning  at  the  lake 
there  is  a  low  ridge  marked  by  the  present  course  of  Forest 
Avenue.  Next  toward  the  west  is  the  ridge  marked  by 
the  course  of  Hinman  Avenue  and  still  further  west  is  the 
highest  of  the  three  called  Ridge  Road  or  Avenue.  Several 
miles  westward  is  still  another  ridge  and  between  them  are 
hollows  which  in  their  natural  state  are  low  and  marshy. 
In  the  hollow  between  Hinman  and  Ridge  Avenues  the 
land  was  so  wet  that  no  trees  whatever  grew  on  the  soil 
except  a  strip  where  Chicago  Avenue  now  lies. 

The  marsh  land  between  the  latter  two  ridges  was 
usually  covered  with  water  during  the  greater  part  of  the 
year  and  was  impassable  for  men  or  animals.  In  the  dry 
season  it  was  possible  to  cross  this  marshy  tract,  but  it  was 
generally  avoided  at  all  times  and  the  only  place  to  cross 
was  either  at  Rosehill  (where  the  old  causeway  is  followed 
by  a  diagonal  street),  or  at  the  north  end  of  the  marsh 
where  the  ridge  ends  at  Wilmette. 

The  marsh  land  thus  described  formed  an  effective 
barrier  between  the  east  and  west  parts  of  the  old  settle- 
ment  known  as  Gross  Point,  and  dwellers  on  the  different 
ridges,  although  in  sight  of  each  other,  were  in  point  of 
fact  as  far  removed  from  each  other  as  if  miles  intervened 
between  them.  Cows  at  pasture  bordering  the  marsh 
sometimes  ventured  too  far  into  the  swamp,  and  neighbors 
often  rallied  their  forces  to  pry  them  out  of  the  mire.  In 
the  later  years  of  the  settlement  a  foot  bridge  on  poles  was 
erected,  by  which  pedestrians  could  pass  over  the  inter- 
vening space. 


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After  the  "big  ditch"  was  excavated  to  drain  this 
marshy  tract,  with  an  outlet  through  the  east  ridge  at  the 
upper  end  of  the  campus,  a  roadway  was  built  at  Church 
Street.  As  the  land  became  dry,  other  passages  across  were 
made  use  of,  such  as  the  one  at  Davis  Street.  In  the  course 
of  time  the  land  became  suitable  for  building,  trees  began 
to  grow,  and  by  means  of  other  plans  of  drainage  these 
spaces  have  been  made  desirable  for  residence  purposes. 

During  the  forties  vast  quantities  of  wood  were  cut  in 
the  process  of  "clearing,"  and  the  disposal  of  the  wood 
furnished  occupation  for  the  settlers  in  supplying  fuel  for 
the  market,  for  in  those  days  coal  was  not  used  at  all.  The 
railroad  engines  used  wood  entirely  and  travelers  on  the 
cars  could  see  long  ranks  of  cordwood  close  to  the  right-of- 
way  near  the  stations,  ready  to  be  thrown  on  the  tender 
when  a  train  paused  for  the  purpose.  Wood  and  logs  were 
transported  to  Chicago  by  lake  as  well  as  by  road.  Logs 
were  made  up  into  rafts  in  the  lake  and  floated  down  to  the 
Chicago  River,  where  they  were  used  for  building  docks 
and  bridge  approaches.  It  was  on  one  of  these  raft  voyages 
that  one  of  the  early  settlers,  a  man  named  George  Pratt, 
lost  his  life.  The  raft  had  reached  the  mouth  of  the  river 
with  two  men  engaged  in  navigating  it,  when  the  fasten- 
ings parted.  Pratt  was  one  of  the  men  on  the  raft  and 
was  seen  to  disappear  for  a  moment  but  presently  he 
called  out  "not  to  mind  him."  He  was  never  seen  again. 
Many  small  schooners  were  engaged  in  carrying  wood  from 
points  along  the  north  shore  to  Chicago.  These  schooners 
were  called  "Wood  hookers."     Travel  on  the  roads  in  an 


early  day  was  very  difficult,  owing  to  the  sandy  nature  of 
the  soil.  Such  as  they  were,  however,  the  roads  to  Chicago 
were  at  all  times  thronged  with  ox-teams  hauling  loads  of 
wood,  and  one  old  resident  remembers  seeing  as  many  as  a 
hundred  teams  thus  engaged  on  the  road  between  here  and 
Chicago.  In  the  early  fifties,  however,  the  wood  had  been 
mostly  cut  away  and  after  that  the  city  was  obliged  to  go 
much  farther  north  for  its  wood  supply.  Eventually  the 
land  was  transformed  into  farms,  the  stumps  disappeared, 
and  market  gardening  succeeded  as  the  principal  industry. 
One  of  the  occupations  followed  by  the  early  settlers  while 
the  land  was  being  cleared,  was  that  of  selling  cooperage 
stock.  The  oak  and  ash  found  here  so  plentifully  were  well 
adapted  for  kegs,  butter  firkins,  pails,  and  well-buckets.  A 
number  of  large  shops  were  built  in  the  village  for  the 
manufacture  of  such  articles. 

A  most  interesting  survivor  of  Evanston's  ancient 
forests  is  the  old  oak  at  the  campus  entrance.  Experienced 
woodmen  say  that  it  is  at  least  five  hundred  years  old.  The 
entire  campus  is  covered  with  the  remains  of  an  ancient 
wood,  though  most  of  Evanston's  present  trees  have  been 
planted. 

"At  quite  an  early  day,"  said  Harvey  B.  Hurd,  in  a 
lecture  on  drainage  before  the  historical  society  in  1914,  "a 
small  ditch  was  excavated  midway  between  the  east  and 
west  ridges  emptying  into  the  lake  through  a  ravine  between 
the  college  campus  and  the  site  of  the  first  Institute  building, 
later  called  Dempster  Hall.  The  ditch  was  known  as 
"Mulford's  ditch"  from  the  fact  that  Major  James  E.  H. 


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Mulford  was  principally  instrumental  in  its  construction. 
Near  the  point  on  the  lake  shore  where  the  water  from  the 
wet  prairie  flowed  through  it,  a  foot-bridge  was  built  which 
was  in  use  for  many  years  but  was  finally  washed  away  in 
a  freshet.  This  stream  was  called  the  "Rubicon,"  so  named 
by  the  students  of  the  Institute  and  the  college.  This 
ravine  has  been  filled  up  with  the  material  left  over  from 
the  road  building  of  later  years  and  no  vestige  of  the  stream 
or  its  banks  now  exists. 

A  few  extracts  from  the  records  of  the  school  trustees 
of  Ridge ville  township  for  1850  should  be  of  interest. 
The  Evanston  Historical  Society  possesses  the  record-book 
of  these  trustees  between  1846-1882,  and  many  curious 
facts  may  be  gleaned  from  the  minutes.  The  three  trustees 
met  irregularly  at  the  Ridge  Road  House,  Grosse  Point, 
"at  early  candle  light,"  to  transact  the  school  business  of 
the  township.  The  one  log  schoobhouse  was  situated 
in  the  lot  with  the  burying-ground,  at  the  northwest  corner 
of  Ridge  Avenue  and  Crain  Street.  The  compensation 
allowed  the  teacher  was  $2  per  week  and  he  or  she  must 
engage  to  teach  at  least  three  months — or  sixty-six  days — 
under  one  contract.  Of  course  the  compensation  included 
board.  The  first  code  of  by-laws  for  the  guidance  of  the 
trustees  and  teacher,  adopted  April  20,  1850,  furnishes  the 
following  interesting  items:  "Teachers  are  requested  to  use 
exertions  to  have  their  scholars  go  to  and  return  from  school 
in  quiet,  orderly  manner  and  make  it  a  rule  they  do  not  play 
by  the  way,  or  bear  tales  of  any  of  the  transactions  in  school 
or  intermission."    "Teachers  are  required  as  soon  after  com- 


mencement of  school  as  possible  to  make  an  estimate  of  the 
number  of  days  required  to  board  for  each  scholar  and  give 
notice  to  patrons  of  the  school  in  writing."  "All  scholars 
attending  school  shall  be  required  by  their  teacher  to  come 
with  clean  face  and  hands  under  pain  of  being  expelled  from 
th«  school." 

A  line  of  stages  was  established  between  Chicago  and 
points  farther  north,  and  many  of  the  pioneers  opened  their 
cabins  as  taverns,  designating  them  by  such  names  as 
Seven  Mile  House  (Rosehill),  Ten  Mile  House  (Calvary), 
Buckeye  Tavern,  and  other  more  or  less  fanciful  names.  The 
present  route  of  Ridge  Avenue  in  Evanston  was  called  the 
Green  Bay  Road. 

The  origin  of  the  town  of  Evanston  is  due  to  the  sue' 
cessful  efforts  of  those  who  founded  the  Northwestern 
University.  In  1853  a  committee  of  the  board  of  trustees 
visited  this  neighborhood  for  the  purpose  of  selecting  a  site 
for  the  new  University  and  of  laying  out  streets  and  resi' 
dence  lots.  A  tract  of  land  was  purchased,  from  which  the 
campus  of  the  University  was  laid  out  and  residence  sec 
tions  were  outlined. 

In  the  course  of  the  following  year  several  additions 
were  made  to  the  original  purchase.  The  whole  was  platted 
and  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  county  clerk  of  Chicago  in 
July,  1854  by  John  Evans,  Philo  Judson  and  Andrew  J. 
Brown. 

The  Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railroad  began  to  run 
trains  between  Chicago  and  Waukegan  early  in  1855.    This 


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caused  a  rapid  settlement  along  the  line.  Evanston  had  been 
enjoying  something  of  a  "boom,"  and  accommodations  for 
strangers  were  at  a  premium.  A  visitor  to  Evanston  in 
June,  1855,  found  every  room  at  the  hotel  taken,  and  people 
sleeping  on  the  dining-room  tables,  on  cots  between  the 
tables,  and  on  shakedowns  under  them.  But  few  dwellings 
had  been  erected. 

The  beginnings  of  our  most  famous  institution,  the 
Northwestern  University,  are  of  absorbing  interest  and  a 
brief  outline  of  its  history  must  be  included  in  any  account 
of  what  Frances  Willard  called  "our  classic  suburb."  On 
the  31st  of  May,  1850,  a  meeting  of  a  few  gentlemen  was 
held  in  the  office  of  Grant  Goodrich,  a  lawyer  of  Chicago, 
to  consider  the  founding  of  a  university.  Of  the  nine  men 
present  at  this  meeting,  three  were  Methodist  ministers  and 
the  other  six  were  laymen  of  the  Methodist  church,  all 
devoted  to  its  interests  and  welfare.  A  set  of  resolutions 
was  adopted  at  this  meeting  which  began  as  follows: 
"Whereas,  the  interests  of  sanctified  learning  require  the 
establishment  of  a  university  in  the  Northwest  under  the 
patronage  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,"  and  which 
directed  that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  prepare  a  draft 
of  a  charter  "to  incorporate  a  Literary  University  to  be 
located  in  or  near  Chicago.1' 

The  draft  was  submitted  and  approved  at  the  next 
meeting  held  two  weeks  later,  and  at  the  next  session  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  Illinois  an  act  of  incorporation  was 
passed.  The  act  was  approved  and  accepted  by  the  trus' 
tees,  June  14,  1851. 


No  location  had  yet  been  found  for  the  new  university, 
which  up  to  this  time  had  no  existence  except  on  paper. 
A  diligent  search  for  a  suitable  site  continued,  however,  for 
over  two  years,  and  in  the  meantime  a  lot  at  the  northeast 
corner  of  La  Salle  and  Jackson  Streets  in  Chicago  had  been 
purchased  by  the  trustees  with  a  view  of  placing  thereon  a 
preparatory  school.  This,  however,  was  not  done  but  the 
property  was  wisely  held  as  part  of  the  endowment.  "This 
was  the  smartest  thing  we  ever  did,"  said  Orrington  Lunt, 
one  of  the  trustees,  many  years  afterward.  "There  was 
nothing  particularly  smart  in  the  purchasing  but  the  smart 
thing  was  in  the  keeping  of  it." 

It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  there  was  no  provision 
in  the  original  charter  in  regard  to  the  well  known  restriction 
concerning  the  liquor  traffic  "within  four  miles  of  the  uni' 
versity."  That  provision  appears  as  an  amendment  to  the 
original  act  and  was  passed  by  the  General  Assembly  some 
five  years  later,  after  the  university  had  definitely  located  at 
Evanston. 

Meantime  the  search  for  a  site  of  the  new  university 
went  steadily  forward,  for  although  the  institution  was 
completely  organized  it  was  still  without  a  home.  One  day 
in  August,  1853,  Orrington  Lunt  and  some  other  members 
of  the  board  drove  up  the  north  shore  (for  it  must  be  remenv 
bered  there  was  as  yet  no  railroad  communication),  and, 
crossing  over  from  the  Ridge  Road  towards  the  present 
university  campus  through  a  swamp  which  lay  between, 
arrived  at  the  grove  near  the  lake  shore.  Here  the  visitors 
were  much  impressed  with  the  beauty  of  the  scene.    "Some 


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of  the  brethern,"  says  Mr.  Lunt  in  his  account  of  the  visit, 
"threw  up  their  hats,  shouting,  'this  is  the  place,'  "  to 
which  they  all  agreed.  This  visit  determined  the  location 
of  Northwestern  University  as  the  board  soon  afterward 
ratified  the  choice  thus  made.  From  this  event,  Orrington 
Lunt  became  known  as  "The  Discoverer  of  Evanston."  It 
was  this  decision  which  disposed  of  the  idea  of  establishing 
Northwestern  University  at  Jefferson,  a  site  then  under 
consideration. 

On  June  15,  1855  it  was  planned  to  lay  the  corner  stone 
of  the  first  university  building.  This  same  day  the  corner 
stone  was  laid  for  the  Northwestern  Female  College,  which 
later  became  known  as  the  Northwestern  College  for 
Ladies,  and  was  afterward  absorbed  by  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity. 

Garrett  Biblical  Institute  also  entered  Evanston  affairs, 
and  under  direction  of  John  Dempster  and  by  the  generosity 
of  Mrs.  Eliza  Garrett,  erected  Dempster  Hall  on  what  is  now 
the  north  campus. 

In  the  year  1861,  the  population  of  the  entire  village 
was  about  1,200.  The  village  of  Evanston  was  reincorpor- 
ated December  29,  1863,  as  a  village  under  the  state  law. 
Previously  it  had  existed  as  a  village  by  virtue  of  a  loose 
system  of  township  government.     As  a  village,  Evanston 


continued  under  the  state  law  until  April  15,  1873,  when  it 
was  reorganized  under  a  later  state  law  with  a  President 
and  Board  of  Village  Trustees.  This  state  of  things  con' 
tinued  until  the  incorporation  of  Evanston  as  a  city,  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1892,  with  a  population  of  15,277-  South  Evans- 
ton had  just  previously  been  consolidated  with  Evanston, 
with  a  population  (at  the  census  of  1890)  of  3,205. 

July  3,  1873,  the  Public  Library  was  organized.  In 
1874,  the  water  works  system  was  inaugurated.  On  June  8, 
1872,  the  first  number  of  the  Evanston  Index  was  issued. 
This  was  the  predecessor  of  the  present  News-Index.  The 
Chicago  and  Milwaukee  Railroad  was  completed  to  Evans- 
ton in  December  1883. 

The  Mayors  of  Evanston  have  been  as  follows : 


Oscar  H.  Mann    . 
William  A.  Dyche 
Thomas  Bates 
James  A.  Patten 
John  T.  Barker 
Joseph  E.  Paden 
James  R.  Smart 
Harry  P.  Pearsons 


1892-1895 
1895-1899 
1899-1901 
1901-1903 
1903-1907 
1908-1913 
1913-1915 
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DAVIS  STREE1 


Influence  of  Evanston  in  l^ational  Affairs 


IT  is  gratifying  to  recall  that  the  state  of  Illinois 
was  the  first  state  in  the  union  to  ratify  the 
Thirteenth  Amendment  to  the  Constitution  of 
the  United  States  which  absolutely  abolished 
Slavery  in  the  United  States. 

It  will  always  be  a  matter  of  pride  to  the 
people  of  Evanston  that  the  commanding  influ- 
ence  of  the  Evanston  of  slavery  days,  down  to 
the  adoption  of  the  Nineteenth  Amendment,  has 
been  felt  by  statesmen  at  every  turn  of  legislation. 

Slavery  in  the  United  States  was  abolished 
by  the  adoption  of  the  Thirteenth  amendment  to 
the  Constitution,  December  18,  1865;  but  the 
first  and  most  important  step  was  the  proclama- 
tion of  Emancipation  by  Abraham  Lincoln,  Jan- 
uary 1,  1863.  In  the  course  of  the  war  for  the 
preservation  of  the  Union,  a  strong  sentiment  was 
created  in  the  Northern  States  to  declare  the 
slaves  free  in  the  States  which  had  seceded  from 
the  Union. 

In  the  summer  of  1862  a  meeting  was  held 
in  Chicago  to  prepare  a  memorial  to  be  presented 
to  President  Lincoln  urging  him  to  declare  the 


freedom  of  the  slaves  as  a  measure  necessary  to 
preserve  the  Union.  A  committee  consisting  of 
two  men,  Rev.  W.  W.  Patton  of  Chicago  and 
Dr.  John  Dempster  of  Evanston,  was  appointed 
at  this  meeting  to  visit  Washington  and  present 
the  memorial  to  the  president.  (See  Andreas1 
"History  of  Chicago,"  Vol.  Ill,  Page  844.) 

The  committee  called  on  the  President  Sep- 
tember 13th,  following.  They  were  received 
courteously  by  the  President  and  he  listened 
"with  fixed  attention"  to  the  reading  of  the 
memorial.  Among  the  reasons  mentioned  by  the 
callers  why  the  President  should  emancipate  the 
slaves  was  that  "in  Divine  Providence  you  have 
been  called  to  the  Presidency  to  speak  the  word 
of  justice  and  authority  which  shall  free  the 
bondsman  and  save  the  nation.11 

In  the  course  of  his  reply,  the  President  said : 
wThe  subject  presented  in  the  memorial  is  one 
upon  which  I  have  thought  much  for  weeks  past, 
and  I  may  even  say  for  months.  .  .  .  It  is  my 
earnest  desire  to  know  the  will  of  Providence  in 
this  matter,  and  if  I  can  learn  what  it  is,  I  will 


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do  it.  But  these  are  not  the  days  of  miracles. 
I  must  study  the  plain,  physical  facts  in  the  case 
and  learn,  if  possible,  what  appears  to  be  wise 
and  right/1 

The  reply  made  to  the  committee  is  printed 
in  full  in  Andreas1  "History  of  Chicago,11  Vol. 
Ill,  Page  845.  Upon  their  return  the  committee 
made  a  report  to  an  ""Assembly  of  Citizens11  at 
Bryan  Hall  in  Chicago,  September  20,  1862. 
Although  the  committee  received  no  positive 
assurance  from  the  President  of  what  his  action 
would  be,  it  is  a  startling  fact  that  the  prelimi- 
nary proclamation,  upon  which  the  great  procla- 
mation itself  was  based,  was  issued  September 
22nd,  within  two  weeks  after  the  interview  above 
recorded  took  place. 

"Upon  the  face  of  this  petition  of  the  Chris- 
tian men  of  Chicago,11  says  Andreas,  "as  con- 
trasted with  the  President's  subsequent  acts,  it 
is  not  presuming  too  much  to  believe  that  it  had 
great  influence  in  his  conclusions  and  in  directing 
his  course.11 

Dr.  Dempster  at  that  time  was  the  "Senior 
Professor11  of  the  Garrett  Biblical  Institute  and 
as  such  was  the  "Acting  President11  of  the  insti- 
tution. 


The  crowning  work  of  the  Woman's  Chris- 
tian Temperance  Union  was  the  adoption  of  the 
Eighteenth  Amendment  to  the  constitution  of  the 
United  States.  That  Evanston  was  the  birth- 
place of  the  movement  which  had  this  magnificent 
result,  is  acknowledged  by  all  historians  who  have 
written  on  this  subject.  The  life  work  of  Frances 
E.  Willard  is  commemorated  in  the  birth  and 
progress  of  nation-wide  prohibition.  The  longest 
step  forward,  perhaps,  was  the  preparation  and 
presentation  of  the  famous  "Polyglot  Petition11 
for  the  prohibition  of  liquor  traffic  by  the  govern- 
ments of  all  nations,  to  which  seven  and  one-half 
million  names  were  signed,  written  in  the  script 
of  almost  every  nationality  on  the  face  of  the 
globe. 

The  work  of  obtaining  the  signatures  to  the 
petition  began  in  1884,  when  Frances  Willard  in 
her  home  at  Evanston,  since  known  as  "Rest 
Cottage,11  wrote  the  appeal  which  was  so  glori- 
ously responded  to,  and  which  had  such  aston- 
ishing results.  "This  is  the  climax,  the  keystone 
of  the  arch  of  our  beautiful  and  holy  endeavor,11 
said  Miss  Willard  in  one  of  her  addresses.  "It 
means  prohibition  by  law,  prohibition  by  politics, 
prohibition  by  woman's  ballot.11  The  Woman's 
Christian  Temperance  Union,  of  which  Frances 


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Willard  was  the  guiding  spirit,  persevered  in  the 
work  of  prohibition  until  the  resolution  contain- 
ing the  proposed  amendment  passed  both  houses 
of  Congress  in  1917  and  was  adopted  as  the 
Eighteenth  Amendment  to  the  Constitution. 
Can  we  say  truthfully  that  the  Amendment 
originated  inEvanston?  Can  we  say  anything  else? 

The  Nineteenth  Amendment  to  the  United 
States  Constitution  embodies  the  results  of  many 
years  of  agitation  for  Woman's  suffrage.  Prom- 
inent among  the  women  of  the  fifties  who  advo- 
cated Woman's  suffrage  was  Lucy  Stone,  who  was 
married  to  Henry  B.  Blackwell,  a  prominent 
lawyer  of  this  state.  Instead  of  using  her  hus- 
band's name  as  a  part  of  her  own  she  preferred 
to  retain  her  maiden  name  of  Stone,  which  she 
did  throughout  her  life. 

Lucy  Stone  lived  in  Evanston  for  some  years. 
In  an  article  printed  in  the  Evanston  Index  May 
31,  1913,  Dr.  Henry  M.  Bannister  mentions  that 
in  his  boyhood  he  often  saw  her  when  passing  her 
house,  and  knowing  her  activity  in  the  cause  of 
woman's  suffrage  he  remembers  his  surprise  at 
seeing  "so  quiet  and  unobtrusive  a  lady." 


Mrs.  Elisabeth  Boynton  Harbert  was  a 
mighty  force  in  the  cause  of  Woman's  suffrage 
and  she,  too,  was  a  resident  of  Evanston.  She  is 
now  living  in  California.  While  living  in  Evan- 
ston Mrs.  Harbert  founded  the  Evanston 
Woman's  Club.  In  1876  she  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  Illinois  Equal  Suffrage  Association 
and  on  two  occasions  she  addressed  the  Judiciary 
Committee  of  the  United  States  Senate  on  the 
subject  of  Woman's  suffrage.  She  continued  to 
serve  as  president  of  the  Illinois  Association  for 
twelve  years. 

An  amendment  to  the  United  States  Consti- 
tution, declaring  that  "the  right  of  citizens  to  vote 
shall  not  be  abridged  by  the  United  States  or  by 
any  State  on  account  of  sex,"  was  adopted  by 
Congress  and  was  ratified  by  the  States.  This 
amendment,  known  as  the  "Nineteenth  Amend- 
ment," was  ratified  on  August  26,  1920. 

Thus  at  different  times  the  three  amend- 
ments above  described  have  been  intimately  asso- 
ciated, in  their  origin  and  adoption,  with  influ- 
ences that  have  emanated  from  Evanston. 


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DAYS 


LOUISE  E.  PAULLIN 
FIRST  SPADE  OF  CANAL 


ENGINEER  ISHAM  RUDOLPH,  SPEAKER 
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Record  of  Evanston  in  the  Wars 


IN  1861,  when  the  curtain  rose  on  the  tremend- 
ous  drama  of  that  four  years  of  strife,  the 
little  community  of  1200  souls  was  deeply  stirred. 
Enlistments  of  young  men  in  the  various  branches 
of  the  military  service  went  forward  rapidly. 
One  company  of  the  Eighth  Illinois  Cavalry, 
recruited  in  the  village,  was  destined  to  take  part 
in  many  campaigns  of  the  war.  Among  the 
leaders  were  men  like  Julius  White,  William 
Gamble  and  John  L.  Beveridge,  all  of  whom  rose 
to  high  rank.  From  the  village  of  Evanston  alone 
there  were  four  general  officers,  twenty 'four  line 
officers,  and  thirty-four  privates  in  the  Union 
armies,  besides  two  young  men  who  enlisted 
with  the  Confederate  forces.  Illinois  sent  267,057 
men  to  the  field,  the  largest  percentage  of  popu- 
lation  of  any  state.  She  lost  28,660  men.  During 
the  war,  the  women  organized  the  Sanitary  Com- 
mission for  the  purpose  of  gathering  supplies  of 
fresh  vegetables  and  savory  food  to  be  sent  to 
the  soldiers  in  the  field,  and  writing  them 
letters  of  encouragement.  They  also  engaged 
in  the  work  of  preparing  bandages  and  lint  for 
use  in  hospitals,  and  assisted  with  the  "Soldiers' 
Fairs. " 

The    sinking    of  the    battleship    "Maine,1"' 
February  15,  1898  and  the  consequent  develop- 


ments brought  about  the  call  of  President  Mc- 
Kinley  in  April  for  75,000  volunteers.  The 
nation  rose  to  the  call.  Col.  C.  R.  E.  Koch 
organized  a  regiment  of  Chicago  and  Evanston 
men  and  offered  this  unit  to  the  war  department. 
Pending  the  action  of  the  war  department,  the 
unit  drilled  regularly.  It  was  not  accepted,  but 
many  of  its  members  saw  service  by  enlistment 
through  other  channels.  Patriotic  meetings  and 
much  enthusiasm  were  evident  but  not  many 
men  received  the  opportunity  for  foreign  service. 
The  war  with  Spain  lasted  114  days  and  America 
lost  2910  men,  over  2600  by  disease  alone. 

When  war  was  declared  against  Germany, 
April  6,  1917,  Evanston  prepared  to  do  her  duty. 
Never  was  the  wisdom  of  a  war  measure  so 
manifest  in  the  history  of  our  country  as  the 
prompt  inauguration  of  the  necessary  machinery 
to  give  effect  to  the  "selective  draft11  throughout 
the  nation.  In  Evanston  a  War  Council  was 
formed  which  made  a  remarkable  record  of  service. 
Evanston  writers  were  drawn  upon,  and  many 
of  our  townsmen  were  enrolled  as  "Four  Minute 
Men,11  all  of  whom  did  much  to  unify  and 
stimulate  public  spirit.  Hundreds  of  our  young 
men  and  women  went  into  service,  the  draft 
board  alone  accounting  for  over  893  enlistments. 


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As  in  every  other  crisis,  Evanston  put  forward 
some  of  the  best  leaders,  among  whom,  because 
of  their  great  contribution  to  efficiency  and 
service,  we  mention  General  Dawes,  Col.  W.  D. 
Scott  and  Col.  J.  H.  Wigmore.  Our  records  show 
that  forty-four  men  and  women  made  the  su- 
preme  sacrifice  for  their  country.  The  wonderful 
work  of  our  Red  Cross  Society,  the  university 
Student  Army  Training  Corps,  as  well  as  the 
Reserve  Militia  and  training  companies,  all  de- 


serve  mention  in  glowing  terms.  It  is  reported 
that  Evanston  raised  thirty-four  million  dollars 
for  various  causes  during  this  war. 

It  would  take  pages  to  narrate  the  response 
of  local  citizens  in  this  war.  Ambulance  com- 
panies and  hospital  units  were  raised  and 
equipped,  and  in  addition  to  over  1800  who 
joined  the  fighting  force  many  enlisted  in  Y.  M. 
C.  A.,  social,  and  welfare  services  in  training 
areas  here  and  abroad. 


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"DVANSTON  today  is  a  city  of  47,000  souls,  occupying 
•*-*  an  area  of  a  little  less  than  eight  square  miles  on  the 
shores  of  Lake  Michigan  twelve  miles  north  of  Chicago. 
Its  natural  setting  on  the  undulating  and  wooded  shore  of 
the  lake  has  been  enhanced  by  a  generous  park  system,  well 
tended  gardens,  lawns  and  greenery,  beautiful  homes  and 
wide  orderly  streets. 

Its  cultural  heritage  in  education,  religion  and  the  arts 


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has  been  developed  until  it  has  received  rather  than  assumed 
the  title  of  the  "Athens  of  the  Midwest." 

Its  schools,  sanitation,  civic  government,  utilities  and 
recreational  facilities  are  skilfully  administered. 

Its  commercial  and  industrial  development  has  been 
adequate  to  its  needs. 

It  is  a  city  beautiful  and  complete. 


The    City    of   Homes 


Evanston  is  especially  proud  of  its  homes,  churches 
and  schools.  Upon  these  three  pillars,  the  stability  and 
strength  of  a  community  depend  and  Evanston  has  builded 
them  well  and  guarded  them  zealously. 

Despite  its  rapid  commercial  and  industrial  growth, 
Evanston  will  always  be  the  "City  of  Homes. "  For  this 
it  was  founded  and  to  the  end  that  it  might  remain  so,  the 
city  administration  has  wisely  protected  it  with  strict 
building  and  zoning  regulations. 

Its  streets  are  wide,  regular  and  well  paved.  Fore 
sighted  city  builders  before  this  generation,  lined  them  with 
elm  and  maple.  The  residential  sections  are  well  laid  out, 
parkways  are  from  ten  to  twenty  feet  deep  and  in  summer 
avenues  of  trees  arch  the  street.  Ridge  Avenue,  North 
Evanston,  and  the  Lake  front  for  a  depth  of  a  quarter  of  a 
mile  rival  the  best  residential  sections  of  the  country.  The 
building  line  is  maintained  by  common  consent  far  back 
from  the  street. 


Evanston  was  the  first  city  in  the  state  and  among  the 
first  in  the  nation  to  adopt  zoning  regulations.  By  their 
provisions  residential  property  is  protected  against  the 
encroachment  of  business  and  apartment  buildings.  Busi' 
ness,  apartment  and  industrial  areas  are  set  off  and  all  con' 
struction  is  limited  in  height,  use  and  area  according  to  its 
district. 

Evanston 's  building  laws,  especially  in  regard  to  apart' 
ments,  are  strict.  Fire'resisting  construction  of  the  best 
materials  is  required.  Buildings  must  be  constructed  to 
permit  a  proper  amount  of  light  and  air.  City  inspection 
and  supervision  prevent  fire  and  health  hazards. 

In  spite  of  these  restrictions,  apartment  and  home  con' 
struction  has  grown  by  leaps  and  bounds.  Evanston  is  in 
the  midst  of  the  biggest  building  boom  in  its  history,  main- 
taining  an  average  of  a  million  dollars  a  month  in  permits. 
In  1923  alone  more  than  60  apartments  with  accommodations 
for  750  families  were  built. 


The    Educational    Center 


Quite  naturally  Evanston  has  become  an  educational 
town.  Founded  by  and  growing  to  its  maturity  under  the 
shadow  of  one  of  the  mid-west's  leading  universities,  the 
home  of  more  than  100  educators  of  national  repute,  the 
site  of  three  biblical  schools  and  the  future  site  of  another 
college  and  seminary,  it  has  a  natural  advantage  in  things 
educational  which  a  wealthy  and  cultured  community  has 
fostered. 


As  a  result,  practically  one  out  of  three  of  Evanston "s 
47,000  is  engaged  in  giving  or  receiving  an  education. 

Northwestern  university,  to  which  the  city  of  Evans- 
ton  owes  an  uncancellable  debt,  must  ever  be  the  dominant 
factor  in  the  educational,  social  and  commercial  life  of  the 
city.  With  its  600  educators  and  upwards  of  10,000  students, 
it  forms  a  hub  round  which  the  life  of  the  city  unconsciously 


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revolves.  Its  ideals  of  service  and  high  scholastic  standing 
permeate  every  branch  of  education.  Its  opportunities  for 
contact  with  men  and  ideas  are  broadening.  Its  lectures^ 
concerts,  classes,  recitals  and  productions  are  open  to  the 
townspeople. 

Garrett  Biblical  institute,  the  largest  training  school 
for  the  Methodist  ministry  in  the  world,  is  second  only  to 
Northwestern  in  the  educational  life  of  the  city.  Its  400 
students  are  the  finest  type  of  Christian  manhood,  and  from 
its  doors  come  from  year  to  year  the  leaders  of  the  church. 
Norwegian,  Danish,  and  Swedish  Theological  seminaries  are 
associated  with  Garrett  in  training  pastors  for  the  churches 
of  these  nationalities. 

The  Western  Theological  Seminary,  training  school  for 
the  Episcopal  clergy,  is  in  the  midst  of  a  campaign  to  erect 
in  Evanston  fifteen  buildings  to  cost  upwards  of  $750,000. 
With  its  advent  Evanston  will  be  the  largest  religious  edu- 
cational center  in  the  world. 

The  National  Kindergarten  and  Elementary  College  is 
another  educational  institution  which  has  chosen  Evanston 
for  its  new  home.  This  training  school  for  teachers  in 
elementary  schools  plans  to  erect  a  $575,000  plant  in  col- 
legiate Gothic  style,  in  the  near  future. 

With  this  background,  Evanston  is  naturally  a  leader 
in  elementary  education. 

The  Evanston  Township  High  School  moves  this  fall 
into  its  new  $1,000,000  home,  the  first  unit  of  a  $4,000,000 
structure  to  be  completed  as  needed,  which  will  be  one  of 


the  finest  scholastic  buildings  in  the  country.  The  new 
building  is  located  in  the  midst  of  a  55  acre  site  which  houses 
an  athletic  field  and  which  will  be  landscaped  for  gardens 
and  playgrounds.  Colleges  and  universities  rank  the 
Evanston  high  school  among  the  highest,  and  upward  of 
90  per  cent  of  the  graduates  each  year  choose  to  continue 
their  education. 

For  its  elementary  schools,  Evanston  has  fourteen  well 
built,  scientifically  lighted  and  ventilated  and  excellently 
equipped  buildings.  The  standard  for  instructors  is  high 
and  the  remuneration  commensurate.  Besides  the  ele- 
mentals,  instruction  in  music  appreciation,  art,  domestic 
science,  and  manual  training  is  a  part  of  the  curriculum. 
Thrift  is  taught  by  precept  and  deed  in  the  schools,  and  the 
officials  of  "Thrift,  Inc.,"  a  national  corporation  for  the 
teaching  of  saving,  have  claimed  that  Evanston's  record  in 
school  savings  leads  the  country.  Grammar  school  and 
high  school  orchestras  have  placed  high  in  state  contests. 

Besides  the  grade  schools,  Evanston  has  five  parochial 
schools,  four  Catholic  and  one  Lutheran,  with  high  stand- 
ards. Roycemore,  an  exclusive  school  for  girls,  and  Mary- 
wood,  a  Catholic  school  for  girls,  are  located  here. 

Education  and  religion  go  hand  in  hand.  As  Evanston 
is  an  educational  city,  so  is  it  also  a  city  of  churches.  It 
supports  forty-eight  churches  representing  fifteen  denomin- 
ations— practically  one  for  every  thousand  inhabitants. 
Five  churches  care  for  the  spiritual  needs  of  the  negro  race. 

These  churches  represent  the  most  progressive  ideas 


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in  building  and  organization  and  are  presided  over  by 
pastors  whose  influence  and  reputation  is  national  as  well 
as  local.  Owing  to  the  presence  of  three  theological  semin- 
aries and  the  fact  that  many  national  church  organization 
leaders  have  their  homes  here,  Evanston  has  over  eighty 
ordained  ministers  in  its  directory. 

The  growth  of  the  city  in  the  past  ten  years  and  the 
development  of  the  church  as  the  community  center  have 
brought  about  corresponding  growth  in  the  physical  equip- 
ment of  practically  every  Evanston  church.  During  1923 
five  churches  completed  an  expansion  program  that  called 
for  an  outlay  of  over  half  a  million  dollars.  Three  other 
churches  are  arranging  details  for  new  buildings  to  cost  over 
$1,000,000  in  the  near  future. 

St.  Luke's  church,  because  of  the  beauty  of  its  buildings 
and  the  magnificence  of  its  plan,  deserves  special  mention. 
Twenty  years  ago  under  the  inspiration  of  Dr.  George  Craig 
Stewart  and  the  plan  of  John  SutclifFe,  architect,  this  little 
parish  started  to  build  the  "noblest  Gothic  structure  in  the 
mid-west. "  Today  it  has  a  massive  structure  in  carven 
wood  and  stone,  massive  stone  piers,  and  lofty  roof — a  half 
million  dollar  temple  that  is  one  of  the  purest  Fourteenth 
Century  Gothic  types  of  modern  days.  It  attracts  lovers  of 
good  architecture  the  country  over. 

The  First  Methodist  church  is  a  building  which  also 
evokes  respectful  admiration.  It  has  been  called  the  best 
attempt  to  adapt  the  beauty  of  the  Gothic  tojnodern  dc 
mands  and  its  broad  unadorned  surfaces,  large  buttresses  and 


lack  of  ornamentation,  by  their  very  proportions,  give  an 
effect  of  quiet  commanding  beauty.  The  Gothic  altar  of 
St.  Mark's  and  the  Reredos  at  St.  Paul's,  which  are  consid- 
ered among  the  best  examples  of  the  work  of  the  Langs  of 
Oberammergau,  have  also  their  claim  on  the  beauty  lover. 

The  growing  demand  for  the  church  to  function  as  a 
community  center  as  well  as  a  place  of  worship  has  given 
the  First  Baptist  church  a  fine  community  house.  The 
building  itself  is  a  fine  example  of  the  Tudor  Gothic  which 
has  been  adapted  to  the  physical  demands  of  a  gymnasium, 
banquet  hall,  stage,  class  rooms,  etc.  The  gymnasium  and 
community  centers  at  Hemenway  and  Covenant  are  well 
adapted  to  the  needs  of  the  two  parishes. 

Evanston  has  four  Catholic  churches  with  fine  audi- 
toriums and  parish  schools. 

Besides  the  work  of  the  churches,  daily  vacation  Bible 
schools  are  conducted.  Evanston  is  also  a  pioneer  in  relig- 
ious education,  the  plan  of  organization  and  declaration  of 
principles  having  been  adopted  all  over  the  country.  Over 
500  children  are  enrolled  under  the  optional  plan  in  both 
school  districts. 

Evanston  is  also  the  home  and  birthplace  of  the 
Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union.  Frances  Willard, 
founder  and  first  president  of  the  organization  was  an 
Evanstonian  and  Anna  Adams  Gordon,  her  successor, 
National  and  International  president,  has  her  home  and 
headquarters  in  "Rest  Cottage,"  the  former  home  of  Miss 
Willard. 


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In  music,  literature  and  the  fine  arts,  Evanston  has  for 
half  a  century  been  a  leader,  not  only  in  the  number  of  great 
artists  and  authors  it  has  produced  but  also  from  the  stand- 
point of  the  appreciation  of  art  among  its  people. 

Much  of  Evanston's  credit  as  a  literary  center  must  go 
to  the  members  of  the  University  faculty  who  live  and  work 
here.  Upward  of  a  thousand  books  on  technical,  and  schol- 
astic subjects  have  come  from  the  pens  of  Northwestern 
university  savants,  President  Scott  recording  more  than 
200  books  written  by  Evanston  professors  during  one  two- 
year  period  alone. 

Besides  these,  there  are  twenty  or  thirty  Evanston 
writers  whose  books  and  magazine  articles  are  nationally 
known.  Edwin  Balmer,  novelist;  Henry  Kitchell  Webster, 
novelist  and  short  story  writer;  Helen  Cole  Crew,  short 
story  writer;  Lew  Sarett,  poet;  Wilbur  D.  Nesbit,  'poet 
and  wit;  Louise  Ayars  Garnett,  poet  and  playwright; 
Lucy  Fitch  Perkins,  writer  of  children's  stories;  Keith 
Preston,  columnist;  Gene  Markey,  reviewer,  are  some  of 
the  better  known.  Charles  G.  Dawes  and  S.  J.  Duncan- 
Clark  are  among  the  celebrated  commentators  on  the 
world  war. 

Three  libraries  give  Evanston  upward  of  300,000  books. 
More  than  40  per  cent  of  the  population  hold  cards  in  the 


Evanston  public  library — according  to  estimates,  the  highest 
percentage  in  the  United  States.  Through  the  main  branch 
of  the  library  and  its  outlying  branches,  over  280,000  books 
were  issued  in  1923,  or  more  than  fifteen  for  every  card 
holder. 

Through  the  efforts  of  the  Drama  club,  which  appro- 
priates an  annual  sum  for  the  purchase  of  books,  the  Evans' 
ton  library  has  the  finest  library  of  drama  in  the  United 
States. 

Evanston  has  always  been  interested  in  the  drama. 
The  Drama  League  of  America  had  its  inception  in  the 
minds  of  a  group  of  Evanston  women,  and  Mrs.  A.  Starr 
Best  has  been  a  moving  force  in  its  organisation  and  its 
national  president.  The  Community  Theater  Association, 
in  co-operation  with  the  School  of  Speech  of  Northwestern 
University,  has  acted  as  a  workshop  of  the  theater  where 
many  problems  of  writing,  acting  and  production  have  been 
worked  out. 

In  the  field  of  art,  Evanston  is  the  home  of  many  noted 
collectors  and  collections.  The  Charles  A.  Wightman  col- 
lection of  Jules  Guenn  originals  and  cathedral  pieces  is  one 
of  the  best.  Thomas  G.  Russell  has  laid  the  foundations  of 
fine  gallery  of  old  masters.  The  Charles  Chandler  collection 
of  Japanese  prints  is  one  of  the  most  complete  in  the  United 


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States  and  the  Mrs.  C.  J.  Morse  and  Frederick  S.  Coburn 
collections  are  noteworthy  in  the  same  field.  The  F.  W.  Jay 
collection  of  engravings,  C.  F.  Grey  of  later  Dutch  paint' 
ings,  Edward  Hines  of  Altar  pieces,  Salvatore  Tomasso 
of  16th  Century  Italians,  and  many  others,  are  rare  and 
valuable. 

Every  year  the  Woman's  Club  holds  an  exhibit  of  the 
work  of  Evanston  and  North  Shore  artists  at  which  some 
300  painters,  sculptors,  workers  in  batiks,  ceramics,  carv' 
ing,  etc.,  show  their  work.  Many  Evanston  children  are 
laying  the  foundation  for  an  artistic  career  through  art 
instruction  in  the  schools  and  in  the  Art  Institute  classes 
of  Chicago. 

In  music,  Evanston  has  many  unique  claims.  It  sup' 
ports  an  eighty'piece  Symphony  orchestra,  under  the  direc' 
tion  of  Prof.  Harold  A.  Knapp,  which  gives  three  concerts 
a  year.  Evanston  is  one  of  the  few  cities  of  its  size  to  sup' 
port  an  organization  of  such  size  and  merit. 

The  University  School  of  Music  gives  the  city  many 
teachers  and  composers  of  note.  Arne  Oldberg,  Peter  C. 
Lutkin,  and  Carl  A.  Beecher  are  among  the  composers  whose 
works  are  nationally  known. 

The  annual  music  festival  in  May  is  an  event  which  is 
known  the  world  over  as  a  community  music  effort  without 


parallel.  A  chorus  of  1,000  voices,  a  children's  chorus  of 
1,500  voices,  a  $10,000  pipe  organ  erected  especially  for  the 
event,  the  Chicago  Symphony  orchestra  and  the  best  sole 
ists  of  opera  stage  and  concert  hall  are  engaged  for  one 
week  of  music  which  draws  thousands  from  Chicago,  the 
North  Shore,  and  the  country  at  large.  The  festival  began 
in  1908  and  has  grown  in  size  and  importance  ever  since. 
Practically  every  great  opera  and  concert  star  of  the  period 
has  appeared  on  its  stage.  A  $1,000  annual  prize  for  the 
best  orchestral  composition,  which  attracts  hundreds  of 
American  composers,  is  one  of  its  features. 

The  A  Capella  Choir  of  Northwestern  university  is  an 
organization  of  wide  prominence.  Chamber  concerts  sup' 
ported  by  the  Woman's  Club,  the  University,  other  organ' 
izations,  and  private  individuals  make  the  year's  musical 
program  full  and  well'balanced. 

Evanston  has  the  finest  public  music  library  in  the 
United  States.  The  Sadie  Knowland  Coe  music  memorial 
room  in  the  public  library  features  an  electric  reproducing 
piano  and  rolls  of  practically  every  classical  piece  recorded, 
as  well  as  sheet  music  for  the  voice  and  every  instrument, 
and  complete  scores  of  operas.  It  was  established  fourteen 
years  ago  and  is  maintained  by  an  endowment  fund.  At 
that  time  it  was  the  only  one  in  the  United  States. 


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Business    and    Industry 


Although  Evanston  is,  and  always  must  be,  a  city  of 
homes,  schools  and  churches,  it  also  supports  a  thriving  and 
prosperous  business  section.  The  progressiveness  of  Evans' 
ton  merchants  under  the  stimulus  of  the  Retail  board  and 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  has  made  the  business  section 
not  only  the  place  where  the  city's  every  need  can  be  met, 
but  indeed  the  shopping  place  of  the  district  of  100,000 
people  of  which  it  is  the  center. 

Evanston  is  a  wealthy  city.  Government  figures  show 
that  it  is  the  third  city  in  the  United  States  in  the  proportion 
of  the  population  paying  income  taxes.  Its  citizens  are  good 
spenders.  To  meet  their  needs  the  business  district  has 
grown  rapidly  until  at  the  present  time  it  supports  two 
large  department  stores,  half  a  hundred  exclusive  shops,  and 
hundreds  of  dealers  in  every  conceivable  commodity. 

Evanston  has  four  banks  with  total  resources  totalling 
approximately  $19,000,000,  and  another  in  process  of  organ- 
ization. It  has  a  live  and  progressive  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
which  directs  the  business  activities  of  the  city  through  the 
retail  board.  It  has  a  Real  Estate  board  whose  membership 
includes  every  broker  in  good  standing  in  the  city,  one  of 
the  four  boards  in  the  United  States  to  own  its  own  home. 
It  has  Rotary,  Kiwanis  and  Optimist  clubs  and  numerous 
other  business  men's  associations  which  play  their  part  in 


creating    and    maintaining    a    spirit    of   co-operation    and 
fair    play. 

It  supports  a  progressive  daily  newspaper,  the  Evans- 
ton News-Index,  one  of  the  best  community  dailies  in  the 
United  States  and  the  only  daily  in  Cook  County  outside  of 
Chicago. 

It  has  five  residential  hotels  with  a  total  capacity  of 
1500  rooms.  One  of  these  is  now  building  an  addition  pro- 
viding 176  additional  rooms.  Another  hotel  with  97  rooms 
and  apartments  is  almost  completed  and  still  another  is  to 
be  built  in  the  near  future. 

The  growth  of  the  city  has  resulted  in  an  unprece- 
dented boom  in  realty  values.  Property  in  the  business 
district  has  increased  from  $30  per  front  foot  to  $2,500  in 
forty  years,  and  a  jump  of  25  per  cent  has  been  registered 
in  the  past  three  years. 

The  growth  has  brought  about  a  building  program  of 
approximately  $33,000,000  in  the  past  ten  years,  and  the 
increasing  totals  year  by  year  have  made  it  one  of  the  fastest 
growing  cities  in  America.  For  1923  the  building  permits 
were  approximately  $1,000,000  a  month,  and  for  the  past 
two  years  the  city  has  led  the  state  outside  of  Chicago  in 
the  amount  of  permits  issued. 


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A  rapidly  growing  manufacturing  district  supports 
more  than  100  plants  with  payrolls  of  over  $2,000,000  annu- 
ally and  products  valued  at  over  $10,000,000. 

Evanston  is  the  home  of  the  Mark  Manufacturing 
plant,  a  subsidiary  plant  of  the  Youngstown  Steel  and  Tube 
Company.  It  turns  out  annually  85,000  tons  of  steel  and 
tube  work  and  employs  800  workmen 

It    is    the    home    of    the    Tinker     Toy     Company, 


whose    toy    products   reach   every   corner   of  the   globe. 

It  is  rapidly  becoming  a  center  for  the  manufacture  of 
women's  ready-to-wear  garments  and  supports  three  fac- 
tories. The  1920  census  shows  that  Evanston  manufactures 
have  tripled  since  the  war.  Government  figures  and  local 
investigation  show  that  the  majority  of  the  1,876  employes 
of  these  factories  are  naturalized  citizens,  owning  their  own 
homes  free  of  incumbrance. 


Transportation 


Evanston's  transportation  system  is  adequate  and  fast. 
It  is  connected  with  Chicago  by  elevated,  surface,  and 
traction  lines  and  by  two  boulevard  drives.  Street  car  and 
bus  services  carry  passengers  within  the  city. 

Sheridan  road,  which  is  an  integral  part  of  the  Yellow- 


stone trail,  connects  with  one  of  the  longest  and  finest  boule- 
vard systems  in  the  world,  and  Ridge  Avenue  is  another 
boulevard  which  connects  with  Chicago.  Still  another 
pleasure  vehicle  highway  is  being  built  on  the  banks  of  the 
drainage  canal. 


Conventions 


Evanston  with  its  fine  hotels,  its  many  auditoriums 
capable  of  accommodating  delegations  from  200  to  4,000, 
and  its  recreational,  social  and  transportation  advantages, 
is  rapidly  becoming  a  popular  convention  city. 


Northwestern  university  brings  many  educational 
conferences  to  the  city;  leaders  of  the  church  convene  at 
Garrett  Biblical  Institute;  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  girls'  organiza- 
tions bring  meetings  of  the  youth  of  the  North  Shore  to 


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this  city  each  year;  and  many  other  civic  and  fraternal 
organizations  are  seeking  Evanston  as  a  site  for  their  an- 
nual meetings. 


The  National  convention  of  Commercial  secretaries 
brings  commerce  men  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and 
its  possessions  here  each  summer. 


Health    and    Sanitation 


From  the  cradle  to  the  grave,  some  civic  department 
or  social  agency  cares  for  the  health  of  the  Evanstonian. 

The  pre-natal  clinics  recently  established  are  the  first 
agencies  to  take  charge  of  the  prospective  mother  and  unborn 
child.  Weekly  clinics  are  held  under  the  direction  of  com- 
petent physicians,  whose  services  are  donated,  and  a  full 
time  city  nurse.  Frequenc  examinations  insure  the  mother 
continued  good  health  and  the  child  a  fair  start  in  life. 

Immediately  after  birth  in  one  of  Evanston's  two  hos- 
pitals, which  have  the  finest  maternity  wards  and  obstetrical 
staffs  in  the  country,  the  young  Evanstonian  is  usually 
registered  with  the  child  welfare  department  through  one 
of  the  city's  five  welfare  stations. 

Evanston  is  the  only  city  of  its  size  in  the  United  States 
to  safeguard  the  health  of  its  children  under  school  age  by 
a  municipal  act.  Senior  and  Junior  welfare  boards  and  local 
physicians  donate  their  services  to  the  cause,  the  school 
boards  grant  the  use  of  their  buildings,  and  the  city  through 
an  annual  appropriation  finances  the  employment  of  a  welfare 


nurse  and  assistant.  A  complete  record  of  every  child  is 
kept  from  the  day  he  is  registered  until  he  'graduates'  into 
the  care  of  the  public  schools. 

Weekly  examinations  are  held  and  mothers  instructed 
in  the  care  and  feeding  of  the  child.  As  a  direct  result  of 
this  work  the  infant  mortality  rate  is  unusually  low,  Evans- 
ton ranking  twelfth  in  the  United  States  and  third  in  its 
class.  For  1923  out  of  the  1,034  children  treated  or  exam- 
ined by  the  child  welfare  clinics  the  death  toll  was  only  five. 

The  Evanston  Day  Nursery  Association  is  a  social 
organization  which  cares  for  the  children  of  mothers  whose 
work  keeps  them  from  home  in  the  day  time.  Cribs  for  the 
babies,  warm  play  rooms  in  winter,  playgrounds  in  summer, 
proper  supervision,  and  food  at  all  times  are  provided  for 
the  youngsters  through  the  association,  which  is  a  publicly 
supported  enterprise. 

For  the  less  fortunate,  the  Evanston  home  of  the  Illinois 
Children's  Home  and  Aid  Society  offers  shelter.  The 
Cradle,  an  institution  which  has  no  parallel  west  of  New 


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York  City,  is  a  bridge  over  which  the  orphaned  baby  passes 
from  helplessness  to  opportunity.  It  is  an  adoption  nursery 
under  the  best  of  care. 

From  youth  to  young  manhood  and  womanhood  the 
schools  make  it  their  duty  to  care  for  the  physical  as  well  as 
the  mental  well-being  of  the  child.  Full  time  physicians 
under  the  direction  of  the  board  of  health  are  in  charge  in 
each  district  and  daily  five-minute  health  examinations 
insure  that  the  schools  will  be  free  from  epidemics  and  that 
the  individual  will  have  the  best  possible  opportunity  to 
grow  strong  and  healthy. 

Milk-feeding  for  underweight  children,  free  medical 
and  dental  examinations  and  treatment,  scientifically  heated 
and  ventilated  rooms,  fresh  air  and  supervised  exercises  and 
play  are  agencies  brought  into  play  for  the  benefit  of  the 
child. 

Outside  of  the  schools,  the  Boy  Scouts  and  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
boys'  department,  both  of  which  have  summer  camps  in  the 
woods  and  physically  and  mentally  constructive  programs, 
care  for  the  growth  of  the  boy.  The  Girl  Scouts  and  Camp- 
fire  Girls  perform  the  same  service  for  the  girls. 

For  the  city  at  large  the  health  department  functions. 
Through  a  modern  filtration  plant  which  has  recently  been 


enlarged  to  accommodate  the  needs  of  a  city  of  100,000,  the 
city  is  provided  lake  water  scientifically  treated  so  as  to 
become  the  finest  drinking  water  in  the  country.  Daily 
tests  are  made  to  insure  that  the  bacterial  count  is  within 
a  safe  margin. 

Daily  tests  are  made  of  milk  and  food  and  sanitary 
regulations  are  enforced  in  the  shops  and  dairies.  As  a  result 
Evanston  has  for  years  been  almost  free  of  typhoid,  the  few 
cases  that  have  been  reported  being  traceable  to  sources 
not  under  the  city  supervision. 

Evanston  has  two  fine  hospitals,  St  Francis  and  the 
Evanston,  both  of  which  have  recently  completed  additions, 
enlarging  their  total  capacity  to  450  beds. 

The  Evanston  Tuberculosis  Association  with  head- 
quarters in  the  city  hall,  holds  monthly  clinics  supervised 
by  a  medical  authority.  Visits  to  the  home  by  a  visiting 
nurse  check  up  on  the  results  of  the  clinic's  treatment. 

The  city's  sewage  is  disposed  of  through  a  sanitary 
canal  which  draws  its  water  from  Lake  Michigan.  Work 
has  been  started  on  a  $13,500,000  sewage  reduction  plant 
to  be  located  west  of  the  city  which  will  reduce  in  a  sanitary 
way  all  the  sewage  of  the  entire  North  Shore.  This  will  be 
one  of  the  largest  plants  of  its  kind  in  the  country. 


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Recreation 


Evanston  has  splendid  recreational  facilities  adequately 
maintained  and  supervised.  It  offers  to  the  public  245  acres 
of  parks  of  which  65  acres  are  in  city  owned  and  controlled 
parks  and  80  acres  are  maintained  and  supervised  by  the 
school  districts.  Approximately  100  acres  extending  on 
both  sides  of  the  drainage  canal  are  available  to  the  public 
for  recreational  purposes  and  are  under  the  supervision  of 
the  Evanston  Community  Recreation  Association. 

To  this  must  be  added  three  miles  of  water  front  on 
Lake  Michigan  patrolled  by  the  city  and  the  United  States; 
the  Forest  Preserve,  the  great  natural  playground  of  the 
county  to  the  west  comprising  15,000  acres  which  is  visited 
by  1,000,000  persons  annually;  and  Skokie  valley  to  the 
Northwest,  a  wonderland  whose  loveliness  has  created  a 
distinctive  school  of  painters  and  poets. 

In  the  twenty-six  parks  owned  by  and  under  the  con- 
trol  of  the  city  of  Evanston,  a  well-balanced  system  of 
supervised  play  is  maintained.  The  city  maintains  four 
municipal  bathing  beaches. 

Evanston  is  slightly  less  a  golf  city  than  St.  Andrews. 
It  maintains  a  municipal  18  hole  course,  with  a  beautiful 
new  club  house  and  a  sporty  course  over  which  some 
60,000  play  annually. 

Under  the  auspices  of  the  County  Board,  Evanston  has 


one  of  the  few  championship  length  public  golf  courses  in 
the  country.  The  Northwestern  public  golf  course  is 
6,600  yards  of  natural  golf-land  located  in  the  midst  of  the 
Forest  Preserve.  Riding,  polo  and  tennis  in  the  summer, 
and  dancing,  billiards  and  bowling  in  the  winter  are  on  the 
program  for  this  unique  public  country  club  which  opened 
for  the  first  time  this  summer. 

Evanston,  Glenview  and  Westmoreland  are  nationally 
famous  private  clubs  of  exclusive  membership,  Playmore  is 
a  semi-private  club,  and  the  Dempster  is  a  public  fee  course 
of  championship  length.  Professionals  of  these  clubs  are 
nationally  known  and  are  among  the  finalists  in  practically 
every  national  tourney. 

A  ten  mile  bridle  path  making  a  "swing-around"  the 
city  from  the  lake  shore  to  the  Forest  Preserve  and  past 
Skokie  valley  through  a  trail  of  soft  roads  makes  Evanston 
an  ideal  resort  for  the  horse  lover. 

Many  private  stables  are  maintained,  and  Evanston 
thoroughbreds  have  brought  back  blue  ribbons  from  many 
a  show.  The  Evanston  saddle  club  is  in  possession  of  its 
new  club  house  with  accommodations  for  forty  horses,  and 
showers,  lockers  and  dressing  rooms  for  the  members. 

Aquatic  sports,  as  might  be  expected  of  a  lake  town, 
are  favorites  during  the  summer  months.    The  Y.  M.  C.  A. 


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pool,  and  the  Northwestern  university  tank  offer  swimming 
instruction  under  the  best  of  care  and  the  beaches  are  open 
without  fee  to  all. 

Through  the  co-operation  of  the  civic  clubs  and  North- 
western University,  an  annual  water  carnival  of  swimming, 
fancy  diving,  water  polo,  boating,  and  life-saving  is  staged 
in  which  the  swimmers  who  have  made  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity mid-west  and  national  champions  compete.  Just  to 
the  North  is  Wilmette  harbor,  the  home  of  the  Sheridan 
Shore  Yacht  Club  and  the  Bucanneers  Club,  both  boating 
organizations  whose  membership  is  largely  recruited  from 
Evanston.     The  Evanston  country  club  and  the  University 


club,  as  well  as  the  University  and  the  Community  recrea- 
tion association  provide  ample  court  space  for  tennis  fans. 

Evanston  has  many  amateur  and  semi-pro  athletic  teams 
of  good  standing  and  with  good  records.  The  Washington 
park  football  team  are  mid-western  champions  in  their 
weight.  Northwestern  university  and  high  school,  baseball, 
football,  track  and  basketball  games  offer  many  oppor- 
tunities for  sport  lovers  to  see  the  best  in  collegiate  and 
scholastic  competition. 

Skating  rinks  maintained  by  the  city  and  private  clubs. 
The  activities  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  parish  house  gymnas- 
iums make  the  recreation  program  a  year  around  affair. 


Community    Spirit 


Nowhere  is  the  spirit  of  community  friendliness  and 
co-operation  better  exemplified  than  in  Evanston's  club  life. 
Evanston  is  one  of  the  most  highly  organised  cities  in  the 
country  and  its  half  a  hundred  social  organizations  and 
thirty-seven  lodges  and  fraternal  societies  have  large  mem- 
berships, strong  leaders  and  admirable  programs. 

The  Woman's  club  of  Evanston  with  its  membership 
of  1,000  has  a  fine  club  house  which  is  a  center  for  the  social 
and  intellectual  activity  of  the  city's  womanhood.  The 
Catholic  woman's  club  is  no  less  a  factor  in  its  field.    The 


Evanston  country  club  has  recently  moved  into  its  new 
$250,000  club  house. 

The  Evanston  Y.  M.  C.  A.  has  two  departments,  one 
for  the  city  at  large,  and  a  department  for  negro  people. 
The  total  membership  of  both  departments  is  over  2,000. 

The  Drama  club,  Community  music  association,  Com 
munity  recreation  association,  parent  teachers  organizations, 
teachers'    council,    neighborhood  clubs  and  improvement 
associations   each    have    their   own    programs    which    add 
greatly  to  the  life  and  spirit  of  the  city. 


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In  its  charities,  Evanston  is  liberal  and  judicious.  The 
Presbyterian  Home  for  the  aged  and  convalescent,  the 
Swedish  Old  People's  Home,  the  Salvation  Army,  the 
Evanston "s  King's  Daughters'  Home,  the  Grove  House  for 
convalescents,  the  Illinois  Children's  Home  and  Aid  Society, 
Lutheran  Immanuel  Home  for  women  are  charities  of  state' 
wide  influence  which  have  handsome  homes  in  Evanston. 

Its  local  charities  are  well  organized.  The  Central 
Association  of  Evanston  Charities  and  the  Red  Cross  shop 
act  as  clearing  houses  for  all  the  charity  work  of  the  city, 
preventing  duplication  of  effort  and   aim.    Evanston 's  poor, 


happily  few  in  number,  are  well  cared  for,  and  a  reconstruc- 
tion program  which  is  directed  at  the  economic  and  social 
causes  of  poverty  takes  the  place  of  indiscriminate  giving. 
Thrift  House,  a  clearing  house  for  the  discarded  articles  of 
the  home  is  a  permanent  "White  Elephant''  sale,  the  pro- 
ceeds from  which  finance  many  worthy  charities. 

Northwestern  University  settlement,  maintained  in 
Chicago  by  the  University,  and  Christopher  House,  a  settle- 
ment supported  by  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Evans- 
ton, are  two  noteworthy  contributions  of  Evanston  to 
Chicago's  social  problems. 


The  Human  Product 


Evanston's  finest  achievement  is  its  human  product. 
The  three-fold  influence  of  its  churches,  schools  and  homes, 
has  developed  here  a  group  of  men  and  women  of  whom 
Evanston  is  immeasureably  proud. 

Frances  Willard,  pioneer  temperance  worker,  was  an 
Evanstonian.  Charles  G.  Dawes,  creator  of  the  National 
budget,  head  of  the  reparations  commission,  banker,  musi- 
cian, and  politician,  has  made  his  home  here  for  thirty  years. 
Daniel  Hudson  Burnham,  directing  genius  of  the  world's 
fair,  world  famous  architect  and  builder  of  cities  lived  here- 


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Evanstonians,  among  whom  are  many  of  America's  leading 
writers,  scientists,  business  men,  and  publicists.  Five  rail- 
road presidents,  fifteen  presidents  and  vice-presidents  of 
Evanston  and  Chicago  banks  and  twenty  presidents  of  state 
and  national  organizations  are  also  included. 

These  men  and  the  thousands  of  others  who  make  up 
the  stable  and  intelligent  citizenry  of  the  community  have 
aided  the  city  in  earning  its  title  of  "The  Athens  of  the 
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THE  FIRST  BAPTIST  CHURCH  OF  EVAHSTON  | 

James  Madison  Stifler,  Pastor 

Membership  700    Organized  April  24,  1858 


ST.  MARY'S  CATHOLIC  CHURCH 

Rev.  H.  P.  Smyth 

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Hugh  Elmer  Brown,  Pastor 

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COVENANT  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 

Aimer  M.  Peanewell,  Pastor 

Membership  603    Organized  in  September,  1870 


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EMANUEL  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHTJHCH 

Eric  Philip  Swan,  Pastor 

Membership  300    Organized  October  17,  1874 


ST.  NICHOLAS  CATHOLIC  CHURCH 

P.  L.  Biennann,  Pastor 

Membership  1800    Organized  July  IS,  1887 


ST.  JOHN'S  EVANGELICAL  CHURCH 

A.  J.  Munsterman,  Pastor    Membership  200 

Organized  July  11,  1897  with  16  Members 


ST.  PAUL'S  ENGLISH  LUTHERAN 

C.  A.  Naumann,  Pastor 

Membership  265    Organized  January,  1901 


THE  SWEDISH  CHRISTIAN  MISSION  CHURCH 
J.  W.  Carlson,  Pastor 
Membership  1O0   Organized  Aug.  2,  1891 


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NORTHMINSTER  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 

OF  EVANSTON 

Robert  Lee  Sawyiei,  Pastor 

Membership  143    Organized  1923 

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PILGRIM  CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH 

Richard  L.  Mitchell,  Pastor 

Membership  40    Organized  1917 


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SECOND  BAPTIST  CHURCH 

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J.  A.  Thomas,  Pastor 

Membership  752    Organized  Nov.  1881 


GRACE  CHAPEL 

No  regular  Pastor 

Membership  45    Organized  1912 


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ALL  SOULS'  UNITARIAN  CHURCH 
Hugh  Robert  Orr.  Pastor 


TRINITY  NORWEGIAN  LUTHERAN  CHURCH 

Alfred  Forness,  Pastor 

Membership  119    Organized  July  31,  1891 


FIRST  SWEDISH  BAPTIST  CHURCH 
Eric  Scherstrom,  Pastor       Membership  175 


FIRST  UNITED  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 

John  T.  Meloy,  Pastor 

Membership  165    Organized  in  May,  1901 


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Religious  Education  in  Public  Schools — District  y6 

A  NOTHER  feature  indicative  of  the  true  Evanston  spirit  is  the  Week  Day  Religious  Education  program  in  operation  in 
jlx.  south  Evanston.  This  program,  which  is  in  its  third  year,  calls  for  the  active  co-operation  of  five  churches — St.  Luke's 
Episcopal,  Second  Presbyterian,  Hemenway  Methodist,  Pilgrim  Congregational,  and  the  Christian  Church — and  recognizes 
the  new  emphasis  that  forward-looking  communities  are  placing  on  the  religious  training  of  their  children. 

In  order  to  carry  on  this  work  more  effectively,  these  churches  organized  the  Evanston  Church  Council  of  Religious  Edu- 
cation (in  District  76)  of  which  Dr.  George  Craig  Stewart  is  president.  The  Council,  employing  a  Supervisor  and  two  spe- 
cially trained  teachers,  requires  a  yearly  budget  of  $4000.00 — which  is  secured  by  voluntary  subscription. 

The  staff  for  the  initial  year,  1921-1922,  consisted  of  Rev.  F.  M.  McKibben,  now  County  Director  of  Religious  Educa- 
tion at  South  Bend,  Ind.  Rev.  Mr.  McKibben  was  a  most  capable  Director  and  no  small  credit  for  the  present  stability  of 
the  program  is  due  to  him.  The  personnel  of  the  staff  for  1923-1924  is  as  follows:  Mrs.  Warner,  Supervisor;  Miss  Marion 
Stacey,  full-time  teacher;  Miss  Jessie  Lambert,  part-time  teacher. 

Some  350  children  from  the  Lincoln,  Central,  Oakton,  and  Washington  schools  are  enrolled  in  these  classes,  which  meet 
during  regular  school  hours  at  nearby  churches.  Two  forty-five  minute  periods  each  week  are  provided  for  children  from 
the  fourth  to  the  seventh  grades  and  one  such  period  for  the  eighth  grade.  Any  child  whose  parents  wish  him  to  have  this 
non-sectarian  religious  instruction  is  privileged  to  enroll. 

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The  work  of  Week-day  Religious  Education  was  begun  in  the  North  End  in  September,  1922.  Reverend  Aimer  Penne- 
well,  Mr.  Harry  Wells,  Reverend  J.  J.  Steffens  and  Mrs.  Herman  Fabry  acted  as  a  committee  sponsoring  the  classes.  The 
school  board  made  provision  for  seventh  and  eighth  grade  pupils  in  the  Junior  High  School  at  Lincolnwood  to  elect  between 
Civics  and  Religious  Education  with  two  classes  each  week.     One  teacher  handled  the  work  with  an  enrollment  of  47  pupils. 

In  July,  1923,  the  North  End  Inter-church  Board  of  Religious  Education  was  organized,  consisting  of  five  representatives 
from  each  of  St.  Matthews,  Covenant,  and  Northminster  Churches.  Reverend  J.  J.  Steffens  was  elected  President  of  the 
Board.  Mr.  Fiske  Miles,  at  the  time  Religious  Director  of  Covenant  Church,  was  elected.  Director  of  the  Week-day  School. 
Pupils  from  the  fifth,  sixth,  seventh  and  eighth  grades  of  Willard,  Lincolnwood  and  Crandon  schools  were  enrolled.  The 
first  half  of  the  year  closed  with  an  enrollment  of  107  pupils  in  all  classes. 

On  the  first  of  January  this  year,  Wheadon  Methodist  Church  at  Noyes  and  Ridge,  petitioned  for  admission  to  the 
North  End  Board.  A  petition  to  the  School  Board  for  extending  privileges  to  the  fifth  and  sixth  grades  of  Orrington  and 
Noyes  schools  received  a  favorable  response,  and  classes  were  begun  at  Wheadon  Church  on  February  fourth. 

The  teachers  of  the  school  are  Mrs.  Herman  Fabry,  Miss  Mabel  V.  Holgate,  Miss  Martha  Wagner,  Mrs.  C.  J.  Row- 
land, Miss  Orpha  Snyder  and  Mrs.  Ermil  L.  Butler,  with  Fiske  Miles  as  Director. 

The  budget  of  $2,500.00  for  the  school  is  covered  by  private  subscription. 

The  purpose  of  the  North  End  Week-day  School  of  Religious  Education  is  so  to  teach  religious  ideals  as  brought  out  in 
the  life  and  teachings  of  Christ,  that  each  individual  may  have  a  definite  moral  code  upon  which  to  build  character. 


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Evanston  Transportation  Facilities  are  Unsurpassed 
By  Any  City  in  America 

~C  VANSTON,  the  ideal  City  of  Homes,  is  a  good  place  to  live  in;  and  Chicago,  the  metropolis  of  the  Middle  West,  is  a  good 
-*— '  place  to  work  in.  To  make  the  perfect  combination,  good  transportation  between  the  two  is  essential,  and  Evanston 
has  good  transportation.  Forty  years  ago,  the  Chicago  &  Northwestern  Ry.  Co.  ran  a  few  trains  a  day  from  Chicago  to 
Evanston.     From  Howard  Street  to  Evanston  was  a  stretch  of  sandy  road  which  was  not  easy  traveling. 

With  the  coming  of  the  Elevated  Lines  in  recent  years,  transportation  was  revolutionized,  and  today  it  is  a  matter  of 
only  30  or  35  minutes  from  the  Evanstonian's  business  office  in  Chicago  to  his  home  in  Evanston. 

The  Chicago  &  Northwestern  Railway  Company  averages  eighty  trains  a  day  out  of  Evanston;  three  St.  Paul-Minne- 
apolis  trains  and  one  Rochester,  Minnesota  train  also  leave  Evanston  daily.  Fast  trains  between  Chicago  and  Evanston 
maintain  nineteen-minute  service. 

The  Evanston  Railway  Company  maintains  a  six-minute  service  on  five  miles  of  double  track.  These  cars  connect 
with  the  Chicago  Surface  Lines  at  Howard  Street.  Four  Bus  Lines  recently  installed  in  Evanston  give  much  needed  trans- 
portation  facilities  to  people  living  near  the  city  limits  at  the  west  of  Evanston.  In  a  few  years  the  entire  west  side  of 
Evanston  will  probably  be  connected  with  street  car  service. 

The  Chicago  Rapid  Transit  maintains  a  six-minute  schedule  between  Evanston  and  Chicago  and  operates  special  non-stop 
trains  on  a  fifteen-minute  schedule  which  furnish  thirty-minute  service  between  Evanston  and  Chicago.  A  franchise 
was  recently  granted  for  an  extension  of  the  "L"  road  from  Howard  through  the  south  end  of  Evanston  to  the  western 
limits  and  thence  to  Niles  Center.     This  foretells  rapid  development  of  the  south  part  of  Evanston. 

The  North  Shore  Line  runs  an  hourly  service  which  carries  the  passengers  from  Evanston  to  the  heart  of  Milwaukee, 
a  distance  of  seventy-two  miles,  in  one  hour  and  fifty  minutes.  The  North  Shore  Line  also  runs  special  service  between 
Evanston  and  Ravinia  Park  in  the  summer  months,  during  the  Civic  Opera  productions. 

Transportation  is  entirely  adequate  to  meet  the  demand,  and  Evanston  is  obligated  to  the  various  companies  for  the 
efficient  service. 

With  a  rapidly  increasing  population,  we  can  be  assured  that  transportation  will  be  one  of  the  dominant  factors  that 
will  continue  to  make  Evanston  the  ideal  city  in  which  to  live. 


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Evanston  —  the  Corporation 


T^VANSTON  made  her  bow  to  the  world  as  a  city  in  1892.  A  Mayor  and  fourteen  Aldermen  succeeded  Village  Trustees 
-*— '  in  the  legislative  branch  of  city  government.  The  term  of  office  of  the  Mayor  is  two  years,  as  is  the  term  of  Alderman, 
one  Alderman  for  each  of  the  seven  wards  being  elected  each  year  for  a  two-year  term.  The  other  elective  officers  are  the 
City  Clerk  and  City  Treasurer,  who  are  ex-officio  Town  Clerk  and  Township  Collector,  respectively,  the  township  boundaries 
being  co-extensive  with  city  boundaries. 

The  Mayor  and  City  Council  appoint  administrative  officers  as  follows:  Commissioners  of  Public  Works,  Streets, 
Health  and  Buildings;  Police  Chief,  Fire  Marshall,  Commissioner  of  Special  Assessments;  Corporation  Counsel,  City  Attorney, 
Zoning  Commission  and  Zoning  Board  of  Appeals;  Civil  Service  Board,  Board  of  Censors,  and  Library  Board,  and  Director 
of  Playgrounds. 

The  City  Council  meets  on  the  first  and  third  Tuesday  evenings  of  each  month  and  the  various  activities  of  the  city 
function  through  fourteen  committees.  A  Board  of  Local  Improvements  consisting  of  the  Mayor,  the  Commissioner  of 
Public  Works,  and  the  Street  Commissioner,  hold  public  hearings,  prepare  ordinances  for  all  improvements,  street  and  alley 
paving,  water  and  sewer  extension  and  sidewalks. 

In  the  Street  Department,  employing  on  an  average  105  men,  144  miles  of  streets,  of  which  90  miles  are  paved,  are  kept 
in  repair.  Street  sweeping,  collecting  ashes,  garbage  and  rubbish,  are  under  the  supervision  of  this  department.  Equipment 
consists  of  18  motor  trucks,  24  horse  drawn  vehicles,  one  tractor,  two  graders,  steam  roller,  and  scarifier. 

All  equipment  is  housed  in  the  municipally  owned  yard,  containing  the  Departmental  buildings,  garage,  machine  shop 
and  headquarters  for  the  Sewer  and  Water  Main  Bureau.  The  incinerating  plant,  provided  for  by  a  $125,000.00  bond  issue, 
is  now  under  construction,  and  will  take  care  of  from  sixty  to  eighty  tons  daily  of  garbage  and  combustible  waste. 

The  Police  Department,  including  the  Chief  of  Police  and  two  police  matrons,  number  sixty-five.  At  least  eighteen 
more  men  will  be  added  to  the  force  this  year.  Equipment  consists  of  the  privately  owned  automobile  of  the  Chief,  one 
ambulance,  seven  touring  cars,  and  eight  motorcycles. 


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Evanston  is  also  proud  of  her  Fire  Department,  with  a  force  of  forty-nine  men,  on  a  two-platoon  basis,  all  men  available 
at  all  times.  One  truck  company  and  three  engine  companies  are  ready  for  call  in  three  stations.  All  equipment  is  motorized. 
A  new  hook-and-ladder  truck  costing  $16,750.00  will  be  in  service  some  time  this  summer. 

A  police  and  fire  alarm  system  of  49  call  boxes,  with  flash  signal  equipment  on  36  boxes,  having  a  replacement  value  of 
over  $200,000.00,  is  maintained. 

The  water  supply  is  obtained  from  Lake  Michigan  through  thirteen  forty-two-inch  screened,  upturned  pipe  ends  on  the 
lake  bed,  the  intake  being  over  a  mile  from  the  shore.  Pumping  equipment  consists  of  one  12  Million  Holley  engine,  one 
5  Million  Holley  engine  and  one  emergency  10  Million  Centrifugal  pump.  A  new  18  Million  Allis-Chalmers  pump,  now 
being  installed  will  provide  adequate  supply  for  approximately  100,000  population.  The  total  pumpage  for  1923  was  two 
and  one-half  billion  gallons,  which  includes  supply  to  the  Village  of  Wilmette.  Per  capita  consumption  on  a  population 
basis  of  45,000  is  106  gallons  per  24  hours.  Water  collections  estimated  for  1924  total  $240,000.00.  Total  appropriation 
is  $614,921.10  which  includes  cost  of  new  pump  of  $75,000.00,  another  unit  for  the  Filtration  Plant  at  a  cost  of  $275,000.00, 
and  expenses  of  Water  Mains  Bureau,  Meter  Department  salaries,  supplies,  coal,  collections,  interest  on  bonds  and  a  transfer 
to  the  Fire  Department  of  $104,460.00.  Consumers  are  supplied  by  meter  service  at  12c  per  100  cu.  feet  for  the  first  10,000 
cu.  feet,  scaling  down  to  7c  per  100  cu.  feet  for  quantities  over  50,000  cu.  feet,  computed  annually. 

The  filtration  plant  has  a  capacity  of  12  million  gallons  per  day,  as  normal  capacity.  A  second  unit  of  equal  size  is  under 
construction  and  will  be  completed  before  the  year  closes.  The  water  works  and  filtration  plant  are  owned  by  the  city. 
All  sewage  is  diverted  into  the  canal  of  the  Sanitary  District  of  Chicago.  Statistics  of  the  city  show  but  eight  deaths  from 
typhoid  fever  since  1914,  none  of  which  could  be  traced  to  contaminated  water. 

Street  lighting  is  by  contract  with  the  Public  Service  Company.  Four  hundred  candle  power  lights  are  installed  at 
street  intersections  and  two  hundred  fifty  candle  power  lights  in  the  middle  of  blocks. 

The  Park  area  of  the  city  is  about  64%  acres,  including  seventeen  parks  and  playgrounds.  Boltwood  Park,  now  nearing 
completion,  covers  sixteen  acres.     Activities  and  recreation  in  playgrounds  are  under  the  direction  of  competent  officials. 

Life  guards  are  provided  for  duty  at  the  various  bathing  beaches,  and  a  comfort  station  on  the  Lake  front  costing 
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The  Health  Department  has  jurisdiction  over  a  wide  field.  A  Health  Commissioner  supervises  the  department,  which 
includes  food  and  dairy  inspector,  housing  inspector,  health  officer,  chemist  and  bacteriologist.  A  department  of  weights 
and  measures  is  also  provided.  Under  this  department  the  Infant  Welfare  work  is  carried  on,  employing  four  school  nurses, 
five  physicians  (part  time)  and  conducting  regular  clinics  in  three  welfare  stations  at  a  cost  of  $6,500.00.  Every  year  physical 
examinations  of  all  children  are  made  and  school  absences  investigated. 

Evanston  was  the  first  city  in  Illinois  to  adopt  a  Zoning  ordinance,  which  has  been  in  effect  since  January  18,  1921  with 
good  results.  Zoning  is  primarily  designed  to  protect  the  home  owner;  the  zoning  board  has  power  to  give  relief  in  case  of 
hardships.     The  Zoning  Commission  and  Zoning  Board  of  Appeals  are  identical  in  personnel  and  serve  without  pay. 

The  Building  Department  is  self-sustaining  and  earned  a  surplus  of  over  $10,000.00  during  1923.  Estimated  cost  of 
building  activities  for  that  year  was  $11,610,000.00.     The  new  buildings  erected  during  1923  are  classified  as  follows: 

Residences,  374;  garages,  574;  apartment  buildings,  62,  providing  742  apartments;  commercial  buildings,  59;  miscellaneous 
and  alterations  and  additions,  332.  The  building  department  supervises  electrical  inspections  and  zoning  enforcement,  and 
has  charge  of  the  police  and  fire  alarm  equipment  and  all  branches  of  building  inspection. 

The  Public  Works  Department  has  charge  of  all  buildings  and  property  of  the  city,  all  work  pertaining  to  public  improve 
ments,  surveying,  drafting,  estimates,  letting  of  contracts,  and  all  detail  business  of  the  city  not  specifically  provided  for  in 
other  departments.  The  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  is  City  Engineer,  Superintendent  of  Water  Works  and  Purchasing 
Agent,  and  is  the  highest  salaried  officer  in  the  employ  of  the  city. 

Evanston  has  an  area  of  approximately  7-57  square  miles.  The  assessed  valuation  in  1923  was  $24,151,434.00;  tax  rate, 
$9.32  in  School  District  75,  and  $9.37  in  School  District  76.  Evanston  has  few  factories.  There  were  7,267  registered  auto- 
mobiles in  1923. 

The  Illinois  Bell  Telephone  Co.  has  approximately  16,000  subscribers  in  Evanston. 

There  are  12,067  families  in  Evanston. 

The  annual  operating  budget  for  all  departments  of  the  City  of  Evanston  is  $1,861,216.53. 


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ORRINGTON  LUNT  LIBRARY 


7\[orthwe stern    University 

A  UNIVERSITY  was  founded.  Then,  that  it  might  have  a  place  in  which  'to  locate,  a  town  was 
built  round  it.  This  has  been  the  history  of  Northwestern  University.  Back  in  the  early  days 
of  the  great  northwest,  1851,  when  Chicago  instead  of  being  a  teeming  city  of  three  millions  was  a 
small  town  of  twelve  thousand,  Evanston  was  a  place  of  Indian  trails,  dismal  swamps,  quicksand  beds 
and  wonderful  oak  groves.  It  was  here  that  Orrington  Lunt,  Grant  Goodrich,  John  Evans,  Philo 
Judson,  A.  S.  Sherman,  J.  K.  Botsford,  A.  J.  Brown,  Joseph  Kettlestring,  George  F.  Foster,  Nathan 
Smith  Davis,  J.  M.  Arnold,  Absalom  Funk  and  E.  B.  Kingsley  selected  a  site  and  formed  plans  for 
what  was  to  become  Northwestern  University,  an  institution  of  ten  thousand  students,  and  Evanston, 
a  city  now  of  practically  fifty  thousand  people. 

The  early  founders  hoped  for  the  time  when  Northwestern  University  would  have  land,  equip' 
ment  and  endowment  worth  half  a  million  dollars.  In  the  last  year  (1923)  it  received  seven  and  a 
half  million  dollars  from  various  sources. 

The  relationship  between  the  University  and  the  City  has  been  of  the  closest,  and  the  interests 
of  both  have  gone  hand  in  hand.    From  the  beginning  there  has  been  a  steady  growth,  except  for  the 


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period  of  the  Civil  War,  when  sixty-four  per  cent  of  the  student  body  and  sixty-nine  per  cent  of  the 
alumni  were  in  active  service.  This,  in  passing,  is  indicative  of  the  attitude  of  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity  from  that  time  down  to  the  present  when  there  has  been  any  call  made  for  patriotic  service  by 
our  country. 

There  have  been  fifteen  presidents  of  the  University,  beginning  with  Clark  Titus  Hinman  and 
coming  down  to  our  own  Walter  Dill  Scott,  the  first  alumnus-president,  and  the  man  who  is  leading 
the  University  out  into  the  Greater  Northwestern. 

Two  offices  of  the  corporation  have  been  noted  for  the  long  continuity  of  service  of  their 
incumbents.  The  office  of  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  from  1851  to  1894  was  filled  by  Governor 
John  Evans,  who  has  been  followed  by  an  able  line  of  successors  extending  to  Robert  W.  Campbell, 
the  present  incumbent.  The  office  of  Business  Manager,  which  was  held  for  many  years  by  Philo  Judson, 
for  the  last  more  than  twenty  years  has  been  filled  by  William  A.  Dyche.  This  continuity  has  been 
largely  responsible  for  the  continued  growth  and  financial  success  of  the  University. 

Northwestern's  contribution  in  outstanding  personnel,  to  Evanston  and  indeed  to  the  entire 
country,  would  constitute  a  most  interesting  volume.  During  the  recent  war  a  single  department 
furnished  six  Colonels,  nine  Lieutenant-Colonels  and  five  Lieutenant  Commanders. 


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On  the  Evanston  Campus  are  located  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts,  chartered  in  1851  and  the  key- 
stone of  the  entire  University,  the  School  of  Music,  School  of  Commerce,  School  of  Speech,  School  of 
Journalism,  College  of  Engineering,  and  the  summer  schools,  making  in  all  something  over  five  thousand 
students  each  year  in  Evanston.  Their  contribution  to  the  business,  social,  intellectual  and  spiritual 
life  of  the  city  is  greater  than  that  of  any  other  single  factor. 

The  University  has  been  responsible  by  direct  gift  and  by  encouragement  for  much  of  our  beauti- 
ful  park  system,  especially  along  the  lake  front,  sites  for  our  churches,  our  educational  institutions,  our 
filtration  plant,  and  other  civic  improvements.  It  provides  education  for  something  over  seven  hundred 
Evanston  students  each  year,  thereby  making  an  immense  saving  to  local  families. 

In  addition  to  the  support  of  our  business  interests  that  comes  from  five  thousand  students,  there 
are  about  four  hundred  faculty  members,  their  families,  and  the  complete  administrative  and  laboring 
staff  of  the  entire  institution.  They  make  up  in  all  probably  twenty  per  cent  of  the  population,  and 
much  more  than  twenty  per  cent  of  the  spending  population  of  the  city.  Their  influence  in  all  other 
ways  is  probably  in  the  same  proportion. 

On  the  Campus  we  have  fourteen  buildings  used  for  educational  purposes,  in  addition  to  the 
finest  gymnasium  in  the  middle  west,  and  the  last  word  in  quadrangle  dormitories  and  fraternity  houses 
for  men.  Construction  will  shortly  begin  on  similar  dormitory  and  sorority  units  which  will  eventually 
adequately  house  one  thousand  women. 

Northwestern  University  is  one  of  the  twelve  largest  universities  in  the  United  States,  and  its 
standing  in  both  academic  and  professional  courses  is  in  the  very  front  rank.  Besides  its  educational 
achievement,  the  University  has  been  a  splendid  place  for  young  men  and  women  from  the  standpoint 
of  extra-curriculum  activities.    A  live,  virile  social  life,  enhanced  by  its  wonderful  setting  on  the  lake 


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shore,  its  unusual  record  in  forensics  and  debate,  the  splendid  equipment  for  all  kinds  of  athletics 
and  have  added  a  good  deal  of  luster  and  have  made  the  University  a  most  desirable  place  for  real 
men  and  women. 

No  other  university  has  dominated  any  one  sport  as  Northwestern  has  dominated  swimming. 
The  Purple  has  won  eight  of  the  last  eleven  conference  championships  and  has  twice  been  national 
champion.  In  the  last  conference  championship  it  would  have  taken  the  combined  score  of  the  next 
four  teams  to  beat  Northwestern.  In  the  national  championship  at  Annapolis,  where  the  best  of  the 
country  appeared,  it  would  have  again  taken  the  combined  score  of  the  next  four  teams  to  beat 
Northwestern. 

In  the  campaign  for  Endowment  and  Building  Fund  for  Northwestern  University,  which  is  still 
in  progress,  Evanston  showed  its  interest  in  Northwestern  to  the  extent  of  contributing  one  and  a 
quarter  million  dollars.  At  least  three  of  the  buildings  on  the  campus  are  wholly  the  gifts  of  Evan- 
stonians,  and  to  the  building  of  a  number  of  others  Evanstonians  contributed. 

Northwestern  has  proved  itself  a  good  neighbor,  and  continues  to  go  hand  in  hand  with  Evanston 
as  a  center  of  education,  culture,  and  civic  advancement. 


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Garrett    Biblical    Institute 

{"BARRETT  Biblical  Institute  was  projected  in  1853,  opened  in  1854,  chartered  in  1855,  and  approved 
^  by  the  General  Conference  in  1856.  Its  founder  was  Mrs.  Eliza  Garrett,  wife  of  the  Honorable 
Augustus  Garrett,  who  was  mayor  of  Chicago  in  1843.  Mrs.  Garrett  bequeathed,  for  the  founding 
of  the  school,  a  piece  of  property  now  in  the  loop  district  of  Chicago.  It  was  the  site  of  the  wigwam 
in  which  Lincoln  was  nominated  to  the  presidency. 

Among  the  benefactors  of  the  school  have  been  Judge  Goodrich,  Orrington  Lunt,  Frances  E. 
Willard,  William  Deering,  and  Frank  P.  Crandon.  One  of  the  revered  names  in  the  history  of  the  school 
is  that  of  John  Dempster,  its  first  president,  who  started  the  school  on  the  assurance  of  the  Trustees 
that  they  would  furnish  him  a  building  and  $600.00  a  year. 

From  that  small  beginning  has  grown  the  present  Garrett,  of  which  Bishop  McConnell  says  that 
he  does  not  know  of  any  seminary  in  any  denomination  in  this  country  which  has  a  faculty  superior 
in  scholarship  or  teaching  power,  or  a  policy  more  soundly  evangelical.  The  faculty  is  made  up  of 
sixteen  full  time  and  six  part  time  instructors.    During  its  history  the  school  has  registered  over  4500 

students,  and  from  the  beginning  its  policy  has  been  to  furnish  all 
its  students  free  tuition  and  all  its  unmarried  students  free  room 
rent.  Its  graduates  are  found  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Last  year 
its  total  enrollment  was  385  from  135  colleges  and  universities. 

Its  property  holdings  are  valued  at  over  $2,000,000,  and  its 
campus  development  has  given  to  Evanston  a  stately  and  beautiful 
building — an  occasion  for  civic  pride. 


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Theological    Seminaries 

r"THE  Swedish  Theological  Seminary  was  founded  in  Galesburg  in  1870.  In  1875  it  was  moved  to 
Evanston  and  housed  in  a  building  on  the  site  of  the  present  Patten  Gymnasium.  In  1908  the 
Seminary  moved  to  its  present  building,  which  is  a  modern  class  room  and  dormitory  structure.  The 
program  of  the  Seminary  is  to  meet  the  demand  for  a  bi-lingual  ministry  among  Swedish  immigrants  and 
Americans  of  Swedish  ancestry.  Ninety'seven  per  cent  of  the  pastors  in  Swedish  Methodist  churches 
are  graduates  of  this  seminary.  The  faculty  consists  of  two  professors  and  two  assistant  professors. 
About  thirty  students  are  enrolled.  Dr.  F.  A.  Lundberg,  the  president,  has  been  connected  with  the 
school  over  seventeen  years. 

The  Norwegian-Danish  Theological  Seminary  was  established  in  1886.  The  building  was  erected 
in  1888.  The  Seminary,  in  connection  with  Garrett  Biblical  Institute,  prepares  students  for  the  ministry 
in  the  Norwegian-Danish  Methodist  Church.  Dr.  N.  E.  Simonsen,  who  was  appointed  principal  when 
the  school  was  organized,  served  as  such  for  thirty-four  years.  Professor  T.  O.  Fireing,  the  present 
principal  was  appointed  in  1920.    The  school  has  a  capacity  attendance. 

A  prospective  acquisition  to  Evanston  is  the  Western  Theological  Seminary,  a  high  grade  school 
of  the  Episcopal  Church.  This  school  which,  for  forty  years,  has  been  located  on  Washington  Boule- 
vard, Chicago,  maintains  the  equivalent  of  a  bachelor's  degree  as  the  normal  entrance  requirement. 
Its  present  capacity  is  twenty-four  students.  This  will,  of  course,  be  increased  on  the  erection  of  its 
new  building  in  Evanston.  The  president  of  the  Seminary,  who  has  been  its  Dean  for  eighteen  years, 
is  Rev.  Wm.  Converse  DeWitt,  D.D. 


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Euanston  Township  High  School 

A  VILLAGE  high  school  had  been  organized  in  Evanston  in  1875;  but,  as  a  permanent  home  had 
-**•  never  been  provided  for  this  school  and  as  North  Evanston,  Evanston,  South  Evanston,  and 
Rogers  Park  were  all  in  the  same  township,  the  suggestion  of  organizing  a  township  high  school  met 
with  favor.  A  lot  was  secured,  a  building  erected,  and  Evanston  Township  High  School  was  opened 
in  September,  1883.  Its  first  principal  was  Mr.  Henry  L.  Boltwood,  who  had  organized  the  first  school 
of  this  kind  at  Princeton,  Illinois,  about  fifteen  years  earlier.  The  first  faculty  consisted  of  five  teachers 
and  the  pupils  numbered  approximately  140. 

The  original  high  school  building  was  enlarged  in  1891  and  again  in  1900,  and  this  structure, 
together  with  several  rented  buildings,  used  as  annexes,  has  housed  the  high  school  until  the  present 
time.  The  faculty  for  the  school  year  1923T924  numbers  83,  and  the  total  enrollment  for  the  year 
thus  far  has  been  1637- 

In  October,  1919,  the  purchase  of  55  acres  lying  between  Dodge  and  Pitner  Avenues  and  Church 
and  Lake  Streets  was  voted;  and  in  December,  1921,  bonds  to  the  amount  of  $1,000,000  were  author' 
ized  for  the  erection  of  a  new  and  adequate  building.  It  is  now  expected  that  the  building  will  be 
completed  in  July,  1924.  The  old  high  school  building,  which  has  done  service  for  41  years,  in  accord' 
ance  with  the  vote  on  April  12,  becomes  the  property  of  Districts  75  and  76,  to  be  used  for  an  inter' 
mediate  school. 

Ten  different  courses  are  offered,  and  every  effort  is  made  to  meet  the  demands  of  those  who  wish 
to  continue  their  education  in  the  various  colleges  and  universities  of  the  country,  to  specialize  in  music 
and  art,  or  to  secure  employment  at  the  conclusion  of  their  high  school  course. 

The  boundaries  of  Evanston  Township  High  School  District  coincide  with  those  of  the  City  of 
Evanston. 

The  following  are  members  of  the  Board  of  Education: 

Chancellor  L.  Jenks,  President  William  Eastman 

Mrs.  James  A.  Patten  William  H.  Symonds 

Mrs.  Charles  E.  Clifton  Wilfred  F.  Beardslev,  Secretary 


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Public  School  —  District  y6 

CCHOOL  District  76  includes  the  south  part  of  the  city.     The  school  census  of  June  1923  showed 
15,500  inhabitants,  and  the  growth  is  more  rapid  than  ever  before.    Central,  Lincoln,  Oakton  and 
Washington  Schools  house  over  1900  pupils  and  the  election  of  April  12  gives  us  a  joint  interest  in 
the  old  high  school  building. 

Careful  selection  has  brought  here  some  of  the  very  best  teachers  of  the  middle  west.  Better 
buildings  and  equipment  are  rarely  found.  Works  of  art,  neatness,  and  ffrm  discipline  surround  the 
pupils.  Newest  methods  are  employed  and  no  district  excels  in  the  community  use  of  buildings.  Co- 
operation is  the  spirit  of  pupils,  teachers,  parents  and  other  patrons. 

The  present  Board  of  Education  of  District  76  is : 

James  R.  Smart,  President 

William  Sherman  Carson 

Mrs.  Margaret  H.  Kaufmann 

Mrs.  Faerie  D.  Wilcoxon 

William  H.  Symonds 

John  P.  O'Connor 

Dr.  B.  F.  Andrews 

F.  W.  Nichols,  Superintendent 

D.  E.  Walker,  Asst.  Superintendent 

The  following  teachers  have  served  the  district  over  20  years: 

Jennie  Foster  (45  years)  Ruth  Carney 

Helen  Stow  Nellie  Gickels 

Cornelia  Benedict  Mira  K.  Barker 

Emma  G.  White  Cecilia  Hamel 


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"P\ISTRICT  No.  75,  Elementary  Grades,  comprises  nine  schools.  The  present  buildings  were  erected 
as  follows:  Noyes  Street,  1892;  Larimer,  1894;  H.  H.  C.  Miller,  1898;  Foster,  1905;  David  B. 
Dewey,  1906;  Lincolnwood,  1913;  Orrington,  1914;  Frances  E.  Willard,  1923.  The  Haven  School  at 
Church  Street  and  Sherman  Avenue  was  built  in  1888.  The  Frank  P.  Crandon  School  on  Central 
Street  was  annexed  in  1906.  The  present  enrollment  in  the  District  is  3348  pupils  with  134  teachers. 
From  1886  to  1916,  Mr.  H.  H.  Kingsley  was  superintendent  of  schools.  The  educational  work  has 
always  been  progressive  in  spirit.  Drawing  and  physical  exercises  were  in  the  course  of  study  in  the 
Eighties.  The  first  kindergarten  was  established  in  1892.  Manual  training  began  in  1897-  Liberal 
private  gifts  allowed  domestic  science  and  vocational  work  to  be  adequately  equipped  in  1901.  Music 
instruction,  vocal  and  instrumental,  has  been  under  the  direction  of  the  School  of  Music  of  North' 
western  University.  The  capacity  of  pupils  is  measured  by  the  most  approved  tests  and  several  hundred 
children  receive  training  on  the  piano  and  orchestral  instruments.  Visual  education  of  various  types 
is  employed  in  the  school.  Thrift  education  is  on  the  program,  with  a  day  each  week  for  receiving 
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Two  school  surveys  recommended  the  addition  of  departmental  teaching.  In  1919  an  intermediate 
school  for  the  seventh  and  eighth  grades  was  opened  at  Noyes  Street.  Since  then  similar  work  has 
been  carried  on  at  the  Lincoln  wood,  Miller,  and  Dewey  Schools.  The  purchase  of  the  high  school 
building  on  Dempster  Street  will  now  allow  the  concentration  of  all  upper  grade  grammar  pupils  in 
one  center.    Ernest  A.  Smith  has  been  the  superintendent  of  schools  of  the  district  since  1920. 


The  following  teachers  have  served  in  district  75  over  20  years: 


Rena  Crosly 
Mary  E.  Moore 


Eva  Smedley 
Elizabeth  Wright 
Shirley  Kiehle 


Myrtle  English 
Florence  Wolaver 


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BARBAREUX  RESIDENCE 
MUSIC  STUDIO 


Private    Schools 


TN  addition  to  the  public  institutions  of  learning,  Evanston  is  fortunate  in  having  a  group  of  private 
schools.  Roycemore  School  for  girls,  established  in  1915,  entered  the  first  year  with  60  pupils  and 
nine  teachers.  Today  the  enrollment  is  335  with  a  teaching  staff  of  29.  The  school  is  college  prepara- 
tory as  well  as  covering  the  grades.  It  occupies  two  buildings  of  attractive  architecture  on  Orrmgton 
Avenue. 

Marywood  School  for  girls,  conducted  by  the  Sisters  of  Providence,  has  an  enrollment  of  210. 
Marywood  has  recently  added  an  attactive  gymnasium  building  to  its  campus. 

We  also  have  four  parochial  schools,  St.  Mary's,  St.  Nicholas,  Ascension,  and  St.  Athanasius, 
with  a  combined  enrollment  of  over  one  thousand  pupils. 

Madam  Barbareux  Parry  also  conducts  a  studio  residence  of  the  "Barbareux  System  of  Education 
Through  the  Medium  of  Music.1"' 

Our  city  looks  forward  with  pleasure  to  the  coming  of  the  National  Kindergarten  and  Elementary 
College,  which  for  38  years  has  been  housed  in  Chicago.  With  a  three-acre  plot  on  Ridge  Avenue  and 
conducting  an  enthusiastic  campaign  for  building  funds,  this  school  with  all  its  good  traditions  and 
record,  bids  soon  to  be  established  in  Evanston.  The  school  works  on  a  threefold  program,  namely 
to  train  young  women  for  kindergarten  work,  for  homemaking  and  intelligent  motherhood,  and  for 
places  of  service  in  church  and  society.     Miss  Edna  Dean  Baker  is  the  president. 


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THE  forerunner  of  the  Evanston  Public  Library  was  the  Evanston  Library  Association,  organized  in  1870  and  supported 
by  subscriptions.  Largely  through  the  influence  of  this  Association,  a  state  law  was  enacted  authorizing  towns  and 
villages  to  levy  a  tax  to  maintain  public  libraries. 

Evanston  was  one  of  the  first  villages  in  the  state  to  avail  itself  of  this  law.  On  July  3,  1873,  the  trustees  of  the  Asso- 
ciation  transferred  its  collection  of  932  volumes  to  the  directors  of  the  Free  Public  Library  of  the  Village  of  Evanston. 

The  site  of  the  present  building  on  the  corner  of  Ornngton  Avenue  and  Church  Street  was  secured  from  Northwestern 
University  for  $31,600.     The  building,  including  furnishings,  cost  $135,464.49. 

In  addition  to  the  spacious  and  well  lighted  reading,  reference,  children's  and  delivery  rooms,  the  building  contains  four 
floors  of  book  stacks  with  a  shelving  capacity  of  100,000  volumes;  a  mezzanine  floor  for  the  directors,  staff,  and  Coe  Music 
rooms;  and  rooms  on  the  ground  floor  for  the  Medical  Science  Library,  the  Evanston  Historical  collection,  and  Library  Hall 
with  a  seating  capacity  of  one  hundred.  The  hall  is  free  for  the  use  of  organizations  holding  meetings  of  an  educational 
character. 

The  music  department,  so  generously  equipped  and  endowed  by  Professor  George  Albert  Coe  in  memory  of  his  wife, 
Sadie  Knowland  Coe,  is,  according  to  a  recent  government  report,  the  largest  in  any  city  of  the  size  in  the  country.  Professor 
Coe's  most  recent  gift,  the  Duo'Art  reproducing  piano,  makes  it  possible  for  anyone  to  hear  the  world's  greatest  compositions 
interpreted  by  famous  pianists. 

The  Medical  section,  for  the  use  of  doctors  and  nurses,  is  a  worthy  tribute  to  those  in  whose  honor  it  was  founded  and 
endowed,  Doctor  Webster,  Doctor  Christopher,  and  Doctor  Brayton. 

In  addition  to  the  main  building,  books  may  be  secured  from  the  South  Branch  Library  at  926  Chicago  Avenue,  which 
serves  the  south  end  of  the  city.  Other  sections  are  served  through  Library  Stations  in  the  Washington,  Dewey  and  Crandon 
Schools. 

Book  Auto  service,  in  which  Evanston  was  a  pioneer,  brings  books  directly  to  the  outlying  districts  of  the  city.  This 
"library  on  wheels"  takes  the  place  of  the  school  stations  during  the  summer. 

During  the  fifty  years  of  the  existence  of  the  library  the  book  collection  has  grown  to  82,975  volumes. 

The  total  circulation  of  books  for  home  use  has  amounted  to  4,566,000  volumes.  An  additional  4,000,000  volumes 
have  been  consulted  for  reference  in  the  library.  The  enrollment  of  borrowers  has  averaged  from  thirty  to  forty-two  percent 
of  the  population. 

1923,  the  semi-centennial  year,  showed  the  maximum  use  of  the  library,  there  having  been  18,925  borrowers  and  a  home 
circulation  of  282,566  volumes. 


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The  Rotary  Club 

THE  Rotary  Club  was  organized  April  27,'  1920.  There  has  been  a  steady  growth  to  the  present  membership  of  seventy- 
eight.  The  luncheons  are  held  on  Thursday  at  the  North  Shore  Hotel.  A  weekly  publication,  "The  Ro'ToTep,"  was 
first  issued  October  26,  1920. 

The  first  act  of  the  Club  was  to  support  the  Community  Music  Association.  The  general  policy  has  been  to  promote 
worthy  community  enterprises  through  individual  action  rather  than  by  the  organisation.  Work  with  boys  has  been  a 
special  concern.    Tuition  has  been  paid,  employment  found,  summer  vacations  financed,  and  aid  of  various  sorts  given. 

The  Joseph  Pearson  Memorial  Rotary  Scholarship  in  Northwestern  University  was  founded  in  1921  and  is  awarded 
yearly  to  a  representative  student  on  a  basis  of  selection  similar  to  the  Oxford  University  Rhodes  Scholarships. 

Strong  community  interest  has  been  developed.  The  scope  of  Rotary  responsibility  extends  beyond  the  community, 
and  there  is  active  concern  for  the  affairs  of  the  state  and  the  nation.  Addresses  of  high  merit  from  experts  are  given  at  the 
weekly  meetings  on  a  variety  of  vital  themes. 

Rotary  strives  earnestly  to  better  a  man  in  his  individual,  business,  social  and  civic  relations.  Its  motto  is  "Service 
above  Self,"  with  the  ideal  that  "He  profits  most  who  serves  best." 


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FRANK  ORMAN  BECK 
President 


JOSEPH  T.  BRITTSON 
1st  Vice  President 


OPTIMIST 
CLUB 


WILLIAM  A.  CONWELL 
3rd  Vice  President 


R.  B.  WARD 
2nd  Vice  President 


HUGH  ROBERT  ORR 
Secretary 


JULIAN  TIFFANY 
Treasurer 


Catechism  of  the  Optimist  Club 

I.  Why  was  the  Optimist  Club  ever  born?    The  Rotarian,  Kiwanis,  and  other  luncheon  groups  had  "made  good"  in 
Evanston;  then  why  not  an  Optimist  Club?    Especially  when  there  were  so  many  fine  men  available  for  membership. 

II.  When  and  where  was  this  civic  child  christened?    At  the  North  Shore  Hotel,  Thursday  evening,  February  21,  1924, 
at  a  banquet  and  dance. 

III.  How  many  "Optimists"  were  initiated?    Forty-six,  and  more  and  more  are  coming  fast. 

IV.  Who  is  its  first  president  and  has  he  a  good  cabinet?    He  is  Frank  Orman  Beck,  a  professor  at  Garrett  Biblical  Insti' 
tute,  and  if  you  wish  to  judge  his  cabinet  look  upon  their  photos. 

V.  Has  the  Optimist  Club  a  creed?    "To  be  too  large  for  worry,  too  noble  for  anger,  too  strong  for  fear,  and  too  happy 
to  permit  the  presence  of  trouble/'  is  the  first  article  of  its  creed  and  there  are  eight  others  just  as  good. 

VI.  What  is  their  motto?    "MAKE  GOOD  EVANSTON  BETTER". 


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Kiwanis    Club 

The  local  club  was  organised  in  October,  1920,  with  fifty  charter  members  and  with  Irving  Brower 
as  president.  The  membership  is  composed  of  business  and  professional  men  who  accept  the  ideals 
of  civic  and  social  service  and  harbor  no  religious  prejudices.  The  present  membership  is  seventy-five. 
A  weekly  bulletin  called  the  "KowbelP  is  issued.  The  regular  social  lunch  period  and  meeting  is 
Tuesday  noon  at  the  North  Shore  Hotel. 

The  Kiwanis  Club  motto  is,  "We  Build".  An  example  of  the  service  rendered  toward  this 
objective  is  the  compiling  and  issuing  of  this  book. 

The  local  club  is  a  unit  of  Kiwanis  International,  an  organization  of  over  1200  clubs  with  more 
than  86,000  members. 


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NORMAN  F.  LIGHTHART  ! 
Treasurer 


HORACE  DYER  BENT 
President 


r  JAMES  R.  SMART 

President,  Illinois  Realtors  Association 


JOHN  A.  KAPPELMAN 
Secretary 


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REALTORS  BUILDING 


EXECUTIVE  OFFICE 


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LEON  D.  McKENDRY 
Director 


DAVID  C.  MALIN 
Director 


WILLIAM  L.  DORMAND 
Vice  President 


Evanston  Real  Estate  Board 

THE  Evanston  Real  Estate  Board  was  organized  and  incorporated  in  1918.  The  object  of  this  Board  is  to  make  the  name 
"Realtor"  in  Evanston  stand  for  honest,  intelligent  service  to  the  public  and  make  of  the  real  estate  business  an  honored 
profession. 

The  Board  is  composed  at  the  present  time  of  thirty-eight  firms  and  corporations,  represented  by  70  men  and  5  women 
actively  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  and  ICO  individuals  (mostly  large  property  owners)  and  corporations  interested 
in  some  allied  line  of  our  work.  Life  memberships  for  exceptional  service  have  been  awarded  to  J.  W.  Work,  C.  A.  Wightman, 
C.  J.  Golee,  and  William  S.  Mason. 

Our  Board  has  the  distinction  of  being  the  first  Board  in  Illinois  and  the  second  in  the  nation,  to  build  and  own 
its  own  home,  which  is  a  $75,000.00  investment.  This  was  accomplished  largely  through  the  effort  of  ex-president  Golee. 
The  furnishings  are  exceptionally  fine,  including  a  collection  of  valuable  paintings  presented  to  the  Board  by  ex-president 
Wightman. 

Through  its  affiliation  with  the  National  Association  of  Real  Estate  Boards  and  the  Illinois  State  Association,  of  which 
James  R.  Smart  is  President,  this  Board  is  in  touch  with  Real  Estate  affairs  of  the  state  and  nation. 

Through  the  Board,  valuations  for  public  improvements  were  made,  a  complete  map  of  the  city  was  prepared  and 
published,  the  zoning  commission  was  given  material  assistance,  the  assessors  were  aided  in  making  valuations  and  with 
the  assistance  of  other  Boards  a  state  license  law  was  enacted. 


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COMMERCE 


The  Evanston  Chamber  of  Commerce 


'  I  'HE  Evanston  Chamber  of  Commerce  was  incorporated  by  ten  business  men  in  July,  1903,  under  the  name  of  the  Evanston 

•*-  and  North  Shore  Business  Men's  Association.    Mr.  Peter  Randlev  was  elected  President  and  Judge  John  F.  Boyer,  Secretary 

and  Treasurer.    The  organization  was  located  at  823  Davis  Street.    At  this  time  the  population  of  Evanston  was  about  20,000. 

The  name  was  changed  to  the  Evanston  Commercial  Association  in  1918,  and  to  the  Evanston  Chamber  of  Commerce 
in  1921.  The  offices  were  moved  from  823  Davis  Street  to  810  Davis  Street  in  1906  and  to  its  present  location  at  608  Davis 
Street  in  1910. 

The  Chamber  of  Commerce  is  composed  of  Evanston  business  and  professional  men,  active  in  their  various  vocations  in 
Evanston.  The  present  officers  are  A.  F.  Bull,  President;  J.  S.  Reeseman,  First  Vice-President;  Paul  Seeger,  Second  Vice 
President;  George  H.  Tomlinson,  Treasurer;  and  B.  P.  Mengel,  Executive  Secretary.  It  is  located  in  the  center  of  the  business 
district  with  its  headquarters  always  open  to  its  members  and  to  the  entire  community.  The  Secretary  and  his  assistants  are 
available  at  all  times  to  furnish  information  or  statistics  in  regard  to  the  City  of  Evanston. 

Bound  volumes  of  Evanston's  daily  newspaper  "The  News-Index"  since  1912  have  been  kept  on  file  and  are  to  be  found 
in  the  rooms  of  the  Chamber.  A  library  of  the  City  Directories  of  over  200  of  the  principal  cities  is  maintained  and  kept  up 
to  date.  Directories  are  an  essential  and  indispensable  means  of  learning  what  is  in  a  city.  They  portray  the  community  as 
it  actually  is  and  they  are  the  only  means  whereby  its  various  features  can  be  ascertained  by  the  general  public  throughout 
the  country. 

The  Chamber  of  Commerce,  since  incorporation,  has  taken  a  prominent  part  in  all  civic  and  business  affairs  for  the  better 
ment  of  Evanston  and  acts  as  a  clearing  house  for  civic  organisations.  It  at  all  times  co-operates  fully  with  Northwestern 
University.  It  is  a  working  partnership  for  the  welfare  of  all  Evanston  and  fosters  the  best  interests  of  all  the  people.  It 
seeks  to  stimulate  the  growth  and  direct  the  development  of  the  city  and  to  enrich  the  life  of  all  the  people. 


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RESroENCE  OF  GENERAL  DAWES 


Charles  G.  Dawes 


IT  is  perhaps  not  too  much  to  say  that  no  man  gave  to  his  country  at  the  time  of  the  World  War 
a  greater  or  better  service  than  General  Charles  G.  Dawes,  of  Evanston,  Illinois.  At  any  rate  it 
is  entirely  true  that  no  man  gave  of  his  time  and  strength  more  unselfishly,  more  zealously,  more  patri- 
otically,  or  more  efficiently  than  General  Dawes. 

When  the  United  States  entered  the  great  war  it  was  very  largely,  if  not  entirely,  unprepared. 
True,  it  had  unbounded  physical  resources  and  an  abundance  of  men  eager  to  serve  their  country  but 
untrained.     How  to  overcome  this  inexperience  was  the  pressing  problem. 

Mr.  Dawes  was  then  beyond  the  age  of  men  subject  to  draft.  He  was  enjoying  the  fruits  of  an 
active  life,  rich  in  means  and  entitled  to  the  repose  that  rewards  success,  at  the  head  of  a  large  bank, 
doing  the  thing  he  liked  best,  enjoying  his  home,  his  friends,  his  position.  Under  no  necessity  to 
work  for  gain  or  honor,  he  leaped  into  the  field  of  war  and  offered  his  time,  his  brain,  his  strength,  with 
the  fervor  of  youth,  without  pay  or  hope  of  reward,  in  any  position  his  country  desired  him  to  fill. 

Recalling  his  capacity  in  finance  and  business,  the  Commanding  General  assigned  to  him  the  great 
task  of  purchasing  munitions,  motive  power,  food,  clothing,  uniforms  and  supplies  for  the  American 
Expeditionary  Forces,  a  task  so  great  that  none  but  the  ablest  and  bravest  could  hope  to  accomplish  it. 
He  entered  on  his  work  with  characteristic  energy  and  enthusiasm.  His  success  in  that  great  under' 
taking  is  known  and  his  fame  therefor  is  assured  and  world-wide. 

Returning  to  his  home,  he  resumed  his  former  life,  living  quietly  and  modestly  as  a  private  citizen 
and  kindly  neighbor  and  friend. 

Called  to  Washington  to  devise  a  better  system  of  conducting  Government  business,  he  created 
the  Budget  method  and  became  head  of  the  department  that  has  proved  of  invaluable  benefit  to  the 
country.  Turning  the  work  over  to  his  successor,  he  again  came  home  to  resume  private  life,  hoping 
for  a  respite  from  public  duty  and  obligation. 

The  European  countries,  after  looking  for  years  for  a  solution  of  the  financial  troubles  growing 
out  of  the  World  War,  brought  about  largely  by  Germany's  refusal  or  inability  to  make  reparations, 
then  sought  the  aid  of  General  Dawes  and  again  he  sacrificed  himself  for  the  good  of  the  world  and  headed 
the  "Dawes  Commission,"  which  promises  an  early  and  satisfactory  result. 

We  are  proud  of  the  service  rendered  by  Charles  G.  Dawes  and  especially  proud  that  he  is  an 
Evanstonian  and  a  friend. 


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CHESTER  N.  MARTHENS  MARK  SHOREEN  WB.  H.  TWIGGS 

Lake  Short  Neighbors  Club     :'       North  End  Business  Men's  Ass'n  president  Old  Settlers  Ai:  □ 


ST.  LUKE'S  CLUB 
Christmas  Party 


NORTH  END  MEN'S  CLUB 


GARDEN  CLUB 


'"THE  Garden  Club  was  organized  in  1915,  to  stimulate  the  love  of  gardening  among  amateurs,  and  to 
encourage  civic  planting.    The  first  civic  effort  was  a  "Shakespeare  Memorial  Garden,11  with  plants 
mentioned  in  the  works  of  Shakespeare.     An  aster  contest  is  held  each  year  for  the  school  children. 
The  annual  event  of  the  Club  is  Garden  Day  in  Raymond  Park. 

The  Men's  Club  of  St.  Luke's  was  organized  in  1905.  It  conducts  monthly  meetings  of  com' 
munity  interest  addressed  by  men  of  note.  Christmas  parties  have  been  given  to  poor  children  for  the 
last  ten  years.     Mr.  George  R.  Manning  is  president. 

The  North  End  Men's  Club,  with  ten  popular  meetings  each  year,  led  by  speakers  of  note,  is 
the  assembly  place  for  over  500  men.  Community  singing  is  a  feature.  Mr.  Herman  Fabry  is  the 
president. 

The  Lake  Shore  Neighborhood  Club,  made  up  of  members  in  the  north  east  section  of  Evanston, 
has  for  its  objects  neighborliness  and  community  development.  Monthly  meetings  are  held  to  discuss 
subjects  which  promote  the  objects  of  the  organization.     Mr.  C.  N.  Marthens  is  the  president. 

The  Triangle  Community  Club,  so  named  from  the  shape  of  territory  embraced,  is  an  organiza- 
tion  for  social  and  civic  purposes.  It  accounts  for  many  local  improvements  and  conducts  a  garden 
contest.  Monthly  meeting  programs  are  three-part,  i.e. — Town  meeting,  entertainment,  and  social. 
Mr.  T.  C.  Douglass  is  president. 

The  Old  Settlers  Association  was  organized  in  1923  to  promote  fellowship  among  colored  persons 
who  have  lived  in  Evanston  over  25  years.  Monthly  meetings,  Christmas  party,  and  picnics  are  listed 
as  its  activities.    Mr.  William  H.  Twiggs  is  president. 

North  Evanston  Business  Men's  Association  have  as  their  objects,  service  to  their  community 
and  co-operation  with  each  other.  They  are  especially  interested  in  the  Central  Street  business  section. 
Mr.  Mark  Shoreen  is  president. 

The  North  End  Improvement  Association  is  an  important  organization  in  north  Evanston.  It 
is  credited  with  instigating  the  purchase  of  land  for  Ackerman  and  Howell  Parks.  It  engineered  and 
financed  the  election  under  the  Mueller  law  which  brought  about  the  present  car  system.  It  has 
worked  for  the  success  of  many  public  improvements  in  the  sixth  ward.    Mr.  W.  L.  McKay  is  president. 


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EXECUTIVES  OF  MOTHERS'  CLUBS  AND  PARENTS'  ASSOCIATIONS 

Top  Row  Standing  Left  to  Right  Mrs.  C.  B.  CAMPBELL,  Treasurer  Central  Council;  Mrs.  EARL  J.  REEDER,  Washington  School- 
Mrs.  E.  N.  PARMALEE,  North  End  Mother's  Club;  Mrs.  JOSEPH  HALSTED,  Dewey  School;  Mrs.  A.  W.  MOSELY,  Larimer 
School;  Mrs.  JOHN  A.  CLEMENT,  Orrington  School,  Secretary  Central  Council. 

Sitting-Mrs.  W.  S.  REYNOLDS,  Central  School,  Vice  President  Central  Council;  Mrs.  ALBERT  STEVENSON,  Founder  of  Central 
Council;  Mrs.  HARRY  G.  PHILLIPS,  President  of  Central  Council;  Mrs.  EVERETT  WILSON,  Founder  of  Central  Council- 
Mrs.  E.  L.  JONES,  Founder  of  Central  Council. 

Lower  Row  Mrs.  G.  C.  PIERCE,  Oakton  School;  Mrs.  EMMA  LOVELL,  Foster  School;  Mrs.  WM.  R.  UHLEMANN,  Noyes  School; 
Mrs.  H.  C.  CASTOR,  Lincoln  School. 


One  group  of  clubs  of  which  Evanston  can  be  justly  proud  is  the  Parent-Teacher  and  Mother's 
Club  group.  Ambitious,  energetic,  helpful  clubs  they  are,  one  in  each  of  our  public  schools,  where 
they  establish  contacts  between  parents  and  teachers.  This  whole  volume  could  be  used  in  listing 
the  achievements  of  these  clubs  since  the  year  1896,  when  the  Noyes  School  Club  was  organised.  We 
find  these  clubs  all  welcome  and  co-operating  with  the  school  districts.  They  are  responsible  for  libraries, 
stage  hangings,  paintings,  victrolas,  playground  equipment,  teachers'1  rest  rooms,  furniture  and  furnish- 
ings, flag  poles,  orchestra  instruments,  etc.,  etc.  In  addition  their  committees  are  active  in  arranging 
"Mother's  teas,"  recommending  movie  films,  serving  milk  to  children  who  desire  it,  managing  fairs, 
carnivals,  dances,  card  parties  and  other  community  social  evenings.  One  club  also  carries  out  a 
strong  Americanization  program  for  foreign  residents  in  its  district.  All  the  organizations  have  added 
greatly  to  the  measure  of  understanding  between  instructors  and  parents  and  between  the  parents 
themselves. 

In  1920,  these  Evanston  School  Clubs  organized  the  Central  Council  of  which  the  president  of 
each  club  is  a  member.  This  council  has  been  of  great  service  in  assisting  clubs  and  now  directs  five 
large  meetings  a  year  to  which  any  member  of  any  club  is  welcome.  It  has  also  fostered  a  lecture  course, 
given  in  co-operation  with  the  Women's  Club.  The  purpose  of  this  course  is  to  bring  before  the  people, 
modern  educational  methods  and  practices.  Some  of  the  foremost  educators  in  the  country  have  been 
invited  to  speak.  The  officers  of  the  Council  are  Mrs.  Harry  G.  Phillips,  President;  Mrs.  Wilfred  E. 
Reynolds,  Vice  President;  Mrs.  J.  A.  Clement,  Secretary;  Mrs.  C.  B.  Campbell,  Treasurer. 


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ORCHESTRA— DISTRICT  75 
J.  L.  Swihart,  Director 


WINNING  TEAMS 
MUSIC  MEMORY  CONTEST 


HIGH  SCHOOL  ORCHESTRA 
Osborne  McConathy,  Director 


EVANSTON  COMMUNITY 

SYMPHONY  ORCHESTRA 

H.  E.  Knapp,  Director 


Community   Music 

THE  Evanston  Musical  Club,  organized  in  1893,  was  for  many  years  one  of  the  important  choral  organizations  of  the  Middle 
West.  Dean  P.  C.  Lutkin  was  its  conductor  and  moving  spirit.  It  was  the  nucleus  round  which  the  present  festival 
chorus  was  formed.  For  several  years  the  Musical  Club  has  confined  its  activities  to  the  annual  community  performance  of 
Handel's  "Messiah,"'  given  in  collaboration  with  the  Community  Music  Association  of  Evanston. 

The  Community  Music  Association  of  Evanston  was  organized  in  1919,  as  an  outgrowth  of  the  community  singing 
activities  during  the  war.  These  patriotic  "sings"  were  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Music  Committee  of  the  Evanston 
War  Council,  and  Evanston  was  among  the  leading  cities  of  the  country  which  found  in  music  one  of  the  most  helpful  agencies 
in  furthering  its  war  work.  The  object  of  the  association  was  twofold:  first,  to  develop  instrumental  music  as  a  part  of  the 
activities  of  the  public  schools,  and  second,  to  carry  forward  group  and  community  singing.  In  the  orchestral  field,  much 
was  accomplished  by  bringing  to  Evanston  Mr.  J.  L.  Swihart,  whose  work  in  the  elementary  schools  of  District  75  and  in 
the  high  school  has  contributed  largely  to  the  present  excellent  condition  of  the  school  orchestras.  This  work  started  by  the 
Community  Music  Association  is  now  financed  as  a  regular  part  of  our  public  school  work. 

At  the  all  state  contest,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Illinois  State  Music  Teachers'  Association,  held  last  December,  the 
Evanston  grammar  school  orchestra  took  first  prize  and  the  Evanston  high  school  orchestra  took  third  prize. 

Professor  Harold  E.  Knapp  has  been  the  central  influence  in  the  development  of  the  Northwestern  University  Symphony 
Orchestra,  which  last  year  was  renamed  the  Evanston  Symphony  Orchestra.  The  orchestra  now  enrolls  not  only  students 
of  the  University  but  a  number  of  skillful  amateurs  in  Evanston. 

For  some  years,  under  the  general  auspices  of  the  Drama  League,  Evanston  has  had  a  community  Christmas  tree  on 
Christmas  Eve.    Other  organizations  have  co'operated  in  this  work,  which  has  become  a  distinct  feature  of  our  community  life. 

Among  the  interesting  features  of  our  musical  life  are  the  Music  Memory  Contests  which  for  several  years  have  been 
held  in  our  schools.  In  the  Evanston  contest  this  year  first  prize  was  won  by  the  team  of  the  Noyes  School.  At  the  contest 
in  Chicago,  under  the  auspices  of  the  "In  and  About  Chicago  Music  Supervisors'  Club,"  the  first  prize  for  grammar  school 
teams  was  won  by  representatives  of  Evanston  District  76  and  the  first  prize  for  high  school  teams  was  won  by  Evanston 
Township  High  School. 

A  directing  force  in  community  music  is  Professor  McConathy  of  the  Northwestern  University  School  of  Music,  who 
has  spent  much  time  and  effort  in  its  development. 

The  children  of  our  public  schools  make  up  the  Children's  Chorus  of  the  Festival,  which  has  received  the  highest  praise 
from  musicians  all  over  the  country. 

For  the  last  several  years  Evanston  musical  people  have  produced  operettas  under  conditions  of  the  highest  artistic 
excellence.  "The  Mikado,"  "The  Pirates  of  Penzance"  and  "The  Chimes  of  Normandy"  have  been  given,  the  first  two 
under  the  auspices  of  the  University  Guild  and  the  last  under  the  auspices  of  the  Woman's  Club. 


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NORTH  EVANSTON 

fourth  gf July  Celebration 


EDW.  B.  DAVIDSON 
President,  1923 


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"pOLK  in  North  Evanston  have  a  happy  way  of  thinking 
■*-  and  working  together.  At  a  meeting  in  the  spring 
of  1922,  called  on  suggestion  of  Mrs.  J.  G.  Goodhue  of 
the  North  End  Mothers'  Club,  the  question  of  celebrat' 
ing  Independence  Day  was  discussed.  Representatives 
of  all  of  the  various  community  clubs  of  North  Evanston 
were  present.  A  program  for  July  4th  was  decided  on 
which  would  not  only  entertain  and  instruct,  but  stir  the 
patriotism  of  all  residents.  The  idea  made  great  headway 
and  under  direction  of  Charles  Beall,  First  President, 
July  4th,  1922  became  a  red  letter  day  in  Evanston. 
After  home  decoration  in  the  morning,  followed  by  a 
parade,  and  then  a  picnic  dinner,  all  were  thrilled  with  a 
patriotic  pageant.  Games  and  races  followed  until  sup' 
per,  after  which  there  was  dancing  on  one  of  the  streets 
illuminated  by  strings  of  electric  lights.  When  it  was 
dark  all  journeyed  to  the  Northwestern  University 
Athletic  Field  where  a  beautiful  display  of  fireworks  was 
furnished.  The  celebration  in  1922  captured  the  Daily 
News  flag  as  the  best  in  Cook  County  that  year. 

Building  on  experience  and  with  the  united  support 
and  enthusiasm  of  all  the  north  enders,  the  celebration 
in  1923  was  also  a  success.  Under  direction  of  Edward 
B.  Davidson,  President  for  that  year,  the  organization 
was  incorporated.  Over  one  hundred  fifty  members 
made  up  the  various  committees.  Funds  for  the  celebra- 
tion  were  secured,  as  in  the  year  before,  by  gifts  of  house' 
holders.  In  1923,  1028  people  subscribed  over  $5,000.00. 
In  addition  hundreds  of  prizes  for  the  picnic  were 
received.  Subscribers  to  the  fund  received  free  admission 
for  the  members  of  their  household  to  all  features  of  the 
day.  Others  paid  a  small  fee  to  see  the  fireworks,  which 
were  witnessed  by  over  20,000  people,  and  cost  $2,000.00. 
Over  five  hundred  saw  the  outdoor  pageant  in  the  after' 
noon  and  all  the  clubs,  churches,  and  groups  of  various 
kinds  furnished  floats  for  the  parade.  A  surplus  of 
$1,780.00  is  reported  left  over  after  this  event. 


CHAS.  BEALL 
President,  1922 


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Chicago  J\[orth  Shore  Festival  Association 

r"PHE  first  conception  of  a  North  Shore  Festival  came  to  Mr.  Lutkin,  the  musical  director  of  the  per' 
formances,  fifteen  years  before  the  festival  itself  took  actual  shape.  The  difficulty  which  presented 
itself  was  the  lack  of  a  hall  large  enough  to  hold  a  great  chorus  and  orchestra  and  a  vast  audience. 
The  presentation  of  the  magnificient  gymnasium  with  its  immense  track  room  by  Mr.  James  A.  Patten 
solved  the  problem,  and  Mr.  John  R.  Lindgren  was  the  first  to  realise  its  possibilities  for  festivals  and 
large  gatherings.  The  Chicago  North  Shore  Festival  Association  was  founded  with  William  F.  Hypes 
as  President,  John  H.  Hilton  as  Secretary,  John  R.  Lindgren  as  Treasurer,  and  Carl  D.  Kinsey  as 
Business  Manager.  Mr.  Lutkin  was  the  musical  director.  The  first  festival  was  held  June  3,  4  and  5, 
1909.  There  was  a  festival  chorus  of  600  voices,  a  children's  chorus  of  1000  voices,  supported  by  the 
Theodore  Thomas  Orchestra,  and  the  following  soloists :  Mme.  Schumann-Heink,  Miss  Perceval  Allen, 
Miss  Margaret  Keys,  David  Bispham,  Dan  Beddoe,  Arthur  Middleton  and  Fred  Yule.  The  orchestra 
numbers  were  conducted  by  Frederick  Stock.  The  large  choral  works  comprised  Handel's  Dettingen 
Te  Deum  and  Mendelssohn's  "Elijah." 

Since  that  first  festival  in  1909  there  have  been  fifteen  others,  growing  cumulatively  in  splendor 
and  artistic  value.  Scarcely  an  artist  of  international  fame  but  has  appeared  at  the  concerts  in  the 
great  gymnasium.  Most  of  these,  to  be  sure,  have  been  vocalists — John  McCormack,  Tito  Schipa, 
Mme.  Schumann-Heink,  Alma  Gluck,  Mme.  Galli-Curci,  and  other  great  singers — but  there  have  been 
famous  instrumentalists,  too,  such  as  Mischa  Elman,  Eugene  Ysaye,  and  Percy  Grainger.  Most  of 
the  great  choral  works  have  been  interpreted—  -"Elijah,1'  "Messiah,"  "Judas  Maccabeus,"  "The  Dream 
of  Gerontius,"  'The  Children's  Crusade,"  as  well  as  a  host  of  smaller  choral  works.  From  the  be- 
ginning one  of  the  strong  features  has  been  the  participation  of  little  folk  in  the  concerts,  for  the  Young 
People's  Matinee  enlists  the  service  of  1500  children's  voices  annually.  Another  interesting  feature 
has  been  the  competition  for  a  prise  of  $1000  which,  for  the  past  three  years,  the  Festival  Association 
has  offered  to  composers  of  symphonic  works.  Almost  every  American  composer  of  reputation  has 
interested  himself  in  this  contest.  In  one  aspect  the  North  Shore  Festival  is  unique,  for  it  not  only 
pays  its  own  expenses,  but  makes  a  profit.  This  has  largely  been  brought  about  by  the  genius  of  Carl 
B.  Kinsey,  the  business  manager  of  the  organisation,  whose  gift  for  organisation  is  remarkable. 

This  season  Dr.  Georg  Schumann,  one  of  the  most  distinguished  composers  in  Germany,  will 
come  to  Evanston  to  conduct  his  works  and  there  will  be  the  Chicago  Symphony  Orchestra  conducted 
by  Frederick  Stock. 

The  president  of  the  North  Shore  Festival  Association  this  year  is  Charles  W.  Spofford. 

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The  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union 

'"THE  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union  has  always  been  closely  identified  with  Evanston. 
Three  of  the  city's  residents,  Frances  E.  Willard,  Mrs.  Emily  Huntington  Miller  and  Mrs.  E.  E. 
Marcy,  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  national  organizing  convention  held  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  1874. 
Frances  E.  Willard,  whose  historic  home,  Rest  Cottage,  is  today  a  sacred  mecca,  was  the  first  corres' 
ponding  secretary  of  the  National  W.C.T.U.  In  1879,  she  became  national  president,  and  later,  world 
president.  Anna  Adams  Gordon,  of  Evanston,  is  the  present  national  and  world's  president.  Of  the 
more  than  15,000  local  W.C.T.U.  branches  in  the  United  States,  one  is  located  in  Evanston,  and  it  has 
recorded  great  achievements. 

Miss  Willard  defined  the  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union  as  "a  world's  republic  of  women 
who  recognize  no  sectarianship  in  religion,  no  sectionalism  in  politics,  no  sex  in  citizenship."  Inspired 
by  a  vision  of  the  womanhood  of  the  world  united  against  the  liquor  traffic,  she  founded  the  World's 
W.C.T.U.,  which,  having  fifty  national  units,  now  encircles  the  globe.  Since  1875,  the  W.C.T.U. 
has  been  in  the  forefront  of  the  fight  for  state,  national,  and  world  prohibition. 

In  Evanston,  Miss  Willard  wrote  the  Polyglot  Petition,  which  urges  all  governments  in  the  world 
to  do  away  with  traffic  in  liquors,  opium,  and  legalized  impurity.  This  memorial  has  7,000,000  signers 
from  forty 'nine  nations. 

The  W.C.T.U.  was  instrumental  in  laying  the  foundation  for  national  prohibition  by  securing, 
in  all  states,  laws  providing  for  scientific  temperance  instruction  in  the  public  schools. 

The  "Union  Signal"  and  "The  Young  Crusader,"  with  thousands  of  subscribers  in  this  and  other 
lands,  are  issued  from  Evanston.  The  W.C.T.U.  Publishing  House  each  year  sends  forth  millions  of 
pages  of  literature.  In  the  commodious  and  well  equipped  offices  of  the  administration  building,  the 
great  and  growing  work  of  the  National  and  World's  W.C.T.U.  is  conducted. 

The  year  1924  marks  the  completion  by  the  National  W.C.T.U.  of  its  first  fifty  years  of  service. 
It  carries  on  an  intensive  educational  program  along  lines  in  which 
the  W.C.T.U.  has  been  a  pioneer — Social,  Morality,  Americaniza' 
tion,  Scientific  Temperance  Instruction,  Child  Welfare,  Women 
in  Industry,  Christian  Citizenship,  Soldiers  and  Sailors,  Law  Ob' 
servance,  World-wide  Prohibition  and  many  other  activities. 

"Allegiance  to  the  Constitution  and  Observance  of  Law"  is 
the  keynote  of  great  meetings  held  in  every  state.  Conferences  at 
strategic  points  on  Canadian  and  Mexican  borders  arouse  senti' 
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In  December,  1891,  the  Evanston  Emergency  Hospital  was  organized.  The  following  year  the 
property  at  806  Emerson  Street  was  purchased  for  $2800.00,  and  the  hospital  formally  opened.  In 
1895,  the  name  was  changed  to  the  Evanston  Hospital  Association,  and  the  present  site  on  Ridge 
Avenue  was  purchased.  The  first  building  on  the  new  site  was  erected  in  1898  at  a  cost  of  $17,250.00. 
The  property  of  the  Evanston  Hospital  Association  is  now  valued  at  over  one  million  dollars. 

As  the  hospital  was  founded  primarily  to  care  for  patients  who  received  aid  from  the  Benevolent 
Society,  a  plea  was  made,  almost  immediately,  for  an  endowment  fund.  The  first  response  to  this 
plea  came  on  May  4,  1900  in  a  gift  of  $100.00  from  Mrs.  Lily  Parker  Stacey.  The  second  gift  to  this 
fund  was  made  by  Mr.  James  A.  Patten  who  gave  $5000.00  on  February  25,  1901.  Mr.  Patten  has 
been  more  than  generous  to  the  hospital  ever  since.  This  general  endowment  fund  has  increased  from 
time  to  time  until  it  now  totals  over  $200,000.00.  In  1910,  Mr.  George  W.  Patten  established  the 
Agnes  and  Louisa  Patten  Fund  by  a  gift  of  $500,000.00.  In  1913,  an  endowment  of  nearly  $92,000.00 
was  raised  by  popular  subscription  for  the  department  of  contagious  diseases.  The  School  of  Nursing 
has  a  small  endowment  of  nearly  $500.00.    The  grand  total  of  all  the  endowment  funds  is  $792,348.11. 

Although  the  primary  function  of  the  hospital  was  the  care  of  those  unable  to  pay,  from  the 
beginning,  patients  who  pay  cost  of  hospital  care  have  been  admitted.  The  proportion  of  pay  patients 
has  always  been  small.  During  the  last  fiscal  year  743^2  Per  cent  of  the  total  days  care  was  rendered  to 
free  and  part-pay  patients. 

The  first  hospital  was  an  eight-room  cottage.  The  present  hospital  has  a  capacity  of  250  beds. 
In  1895,  a  total  of  36  patients  were  admitted.  Last  year  4585  patients  were  treated  in  the  hospital  and 
6343  visits  were  paid  to  the  Out-Patient  Department. 

The  hospital  is  well  equipped.  Its  laboratories  and  operating  rooms  are  modern.  The  medical 
staff  attends  all  service  cases  without  charge.  The  services  cover  all  general  branches  of  medicine  and 
surgery,  including  obstetrics  and  contagious  diseases.    There  is  a  resident  staff  of  eight  internes. 

The  School  of  Nursing  was  organised  in  1898.  It  is  affiliated  with  Northwestern  University  and 
has  110  students  enrolled.  The  officers  of  the  Evanston  Hospital  Association  are  as  follows:  Mr.  W. 
W.  Buchanan,  President;  Mrs.  James  A.  Patten,  Vice-President;  Mr.  P.  R.  Shumway,  Treasurer;  Mrs. 
Perkins  B.  Bass,  Secretary;  Miss  Ada  Belle  McCleery,  Superintendent. 


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TN  1901  the  Sisters  of  St.  Francis  from  Lafayette,  Indiana,  secured  the  old  Kirk  homestead,  fitted  out 
A  the  main  building,  and  opened  it  to  the  public  as  a  hospital  under  the  present  name.  They  had  70 
patients  that  year. 

In  1910  the  central  portion  of  the  new  hospital,  a  solid  four  story  brick  building,  was  dedicated 
and  the  number  of  patients  rose  to  465.  In  1916,  1400  patients  were  treated;  in  1920,  2668;  in  1923, 
3690.  All  through  these  years  the  average  number  of  part-payment  patients  has  been  47  per  cent, 
and  the  average  of  full  charity  patients  13  per  cent  of  the  total,  leaving  only  40  per  cent  who  pay  the 
full  price.  Only  the  fact  that  the  Sisters  do  not  draw  any  salary  for  their  services  enables  them  to  do 
so  much  for  charity. 

In  1919  a  training  school  for  nurses  was  organized  at  St.  Francis.  A  three-year  course  was  adopted 
and  the  curriculum  arranged  according  to  the  requirements  of  the  State  of  Illinois.  The  student  nurses 
have  their  own  home  at  the  southern  end  of  the  grounds  on  a  tract  of  land  that  adjoined  the  hospital 
property  and  was  bought  for  this  purpose  in  1918. 

The  need  of  further  extension  soon  became  apparent  and  in  1921  a  campaign  was  held  which 
realized  about  $400,000.00.  The  following  year  ground  was  broken  for  a  new  south  wing,  that  was 
to  cost  $450,000.00  and  will  be  ready  for  occupancy  in  July,  1924.  At  present  the  hospital  accommo- 
dates 200  patients. 

St.  Francis  has  for  several  years  been  recognized  as  a  Class  A  hospital  and  maintains  this  standard 
with  ever  increasing  success.  It  has  four  operating  rooms,  a  maternity  department,  and  a  well-equipped 
X-ray  department  and  laboratory. 

The  lawn  in  front  of  the  hospital  with  its  flower  beds,  trees  and  statues,  is  always  well  kept. 
In  the  rear  of  the  house  is  a  large  vegetable  garden  and  a  park  with  tall  shade  trees  is  in  process  of 
formation.  Since  the  property  comprises  about  18  acres,  no  lack  of  space  can  ever  hamper  the  develop- 
ment of  the  hospital.  A  north  wing,  to  add  another  hundred  beds,  a  chapel  in  the  center,  and  a  new 
home  for  the  nurses  are  contemplated  in  the  future. 


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Institutions 

'  I  'HE  Swedish  Societies'  Old  Peoples  Home  was  organized  in  1894  at  Park  Ridge.     In  1908  the  organisation  came  to  Evanston 
■*-  and  began  the  erection  of  units  which  now  make  the  present  beautiful  building.     Over  90  old  people  are  given  housing 
by  this  organisation,  which  receives  its  support  from  Swedish  societies.    A  familiar  sight  in  the  North  End  is  the  picnic  day 
in  July  each  year.    Fifteen  to  twenty  thousand  people  attend  this  event. 

The  Presbyterian  Home  was  organized  in  1904  and  has  occupied  its  present  building  since  1922.  It  takes  care  of  old 
folk  of  the  Chicago  Presbytery  and  receives  its  support  from  churches  of  that  denomination. 

The  Illinois  Childrens'  Home  and  Aid  Society,  an  organization  forty  years  old,  has  a  receiving  home  in  Evanston.  Here 
the  children  receive  temporary  care  until  placed  in  some  suitable  private  family.  The  children  come  from  central  and  northern 
Illinois  and  are  usually  orphans.  During  the  history  of  the  society,  over  9000  children  have  received  its  legal  guardianship. 
1700  of  these  have  been  legally  adopted  and  the  society  now  is  responsible  for  1400  children  in  foster  homes,  boarding  houses, 
and  its  specialized  institutions. 

The  Cradle  Society,  founded  in  March,  1923,  is  organized  for  the  purpose  of  finding  babies  for  childless  homes  and  homes 
for  motherless  babies.     It  is  equipped  to  care  for  eight  babies.     The  average  stay  is  one  month. 

The  King's  Daughters  operate  a  vacation  home  in  North  Evanston  for  needy  and  deserving  girls.  In  the  winter,  sewing 
is  done  for  charities.     Over  one  hundred  girls  were  guests  last  summer. 

The  Margarita  Home  affords  shelter  to  eighteen  girls.  Plans  are  in  the  making  for  a  capacity  of  one  hundred  in  the  near 
future. 

The  North  Shore  Community  House  Association  is  establishing  a  home  for  Negro  girls.  This  is  to  be  followed  by  a 
day  nursery  and  hospital  for  Negro  people.    These  projects  are  promoted  by  the  Inter-Racial  Co-operative  Association. 

The  Dorcas  Home  was  founded  in  1914  and  is  instrumental  in  providing  orphanage  and  half  orphanage  service  to  forty 
five  children.  The  organization  is  of  Evanston,  but  the  new  home  is  at  Deerfield.  The  first  work  was  started  at  531  Judson 
Avenue,  a  private  undertaking  of  Miss  Anne  Jane  Ardis,  the  present  superintendent.  Under  direction  of  a  board  of  directors 
of  whom  Mrs.  Knowlton  Ames  is  chairman,  the  new  home  with  the  eight  acres  of  beautiful  ground,  has  been  acquired  and 
paid  for. 

The  Young  Women's  Community  Club,  formerly  the  Girls'  League,  offers  home  and  family  associations  to  thirty-two 
working  young  women  in  the  building  owned  by  the  Women's  Club  on  Church  Street  and  a  dormitory  on  Maple  Avenue. 
This  club  and  home  helps  the  girl  to  retain  her  individuality  and  express  her  best  self,  and  work  toward  an  ideal. 

The  Evanston  Community  Union,  organized  in  1923,  is  working  to  improve  living  conditions  in  the  homes  of  the  colored 
people,  and  to  promote  good  citizenship  and  community  effort. 


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'  I  'HE  Central  Associiaton  of  Evanston  Charities  was  organized  to  unify  and  centralize  various  charitable  organizations. 

■*■  In  19224923,  1022  people  were  cared  for;  1990  cases  were  on  file,  one-third  to  one-half  of  which  received  no  financial  aid, 

but  advice  and  counsel  as  needed.    The  total  expense  for  the  year  was  $10,957.30.     Miss  Kathleen  Moore  is  superintendent. 

The  Salvation  Army,  housed  in  a  new  building,  has  been  of  great  assistance  in  charitable  as  well  as  religious  work.  Two 
classes  in  Americanization  work,  fifty  to  a  class,  meet  every  week. 

One  of  the  most  zealous  and  helpful  agencies  in  charity  work  is  the  Elks  Lodge.  Staging  an  annual  minstrel  show  and 
in  summer  a  community  picnic,  this'  club  raises  a  considerable  amount  of  money,  all  of  which  goes  to  various  charities  or  to 
cases  direct.     This  lodge  supplies,  through  the  United  Charities,  shoes  to  all  poor  children  in  Evanston. 

The  Visiting  Nurses  Association  report  an  average  of  twenty  calls  per  day  upon  sick  and  needy  folk.  Calls  mean  practical 
assistance  in  a  medical  way  as  well  as  advice.  This  association  was  organized  in  1898.  Two  nurses  are  now  employed. 
The  annual  budget  is  $4,000.00. 

Thrift  House,  organized  in  1919,  has  a  wonderful  record  in  raising  money.  Second  hand  articles  are  sold,  and  all  profits 
go  to  various  charities.  Members  serve  as  salesladies,  and  all  expenses  are  kept  at  a  minimum.  Since  its  organization  $33,647-53 
has  been  given  to  various  charities.    Last  year  eight  beneficiaries  received  $7,396.59. 

Child  Welfare  work  has  put  Evanston  far  ahead  of  most  cities  of  its  size  in  the  country.  The  local  organization  started 
in  1918  when  the  government  had  all  children  examined.  The  work  developed  and  stations  with  doctors  in  attendance  were 
opened  in  schools.  Two  nurses  were  employed.  At  the  request  of  the  women  promoting  this  idea,  the  City  Health  Depart' 
ment  in  1920  took  over  the  work.  The  results  have  been  most  gratifying.  They  have  also  demonstrated  that  no  infant 
welfare  work  can  be  complete  without  a  pre-natal  department.  The  Welfare  Board,  who  initiated  the  infant  welfare  work, 
have  stepped  to  the  front  and  have  now  completed  plans  for  the  new  pre-natal  clinic. 

Goat  raising,  because  of  the  beneficial  results  of  goat  milk  to  children  and  adults,  has  become  an  established  feature  in 
Evanston.  Mrs.  J.  A.  Patten  has  been  the  pioneer  in  this  work  and  now  has  a  herd  of  over  forty  Toggenburgs  in  Evanston. 
Goats  are  practically  immune  to  tuberculosis,  and  have  a  milk  content  in  such  tiny  globules  that  it  is  easily  digested.  There  is  a 
growing  interest  in  the  development  of  the  goat-milk  industry  in  this  country  which  promises  a  supply  sufficient  to  warrant 
physicians  in  prescribing  it,  which  they  have  not  been  able  to  do  heretofore. 

Arden  Shore,  though  not  in  Evanston,  is  one  of  Evanston 's  own  charities.  With  an  annual  budget  of  $40,000.00  and 
over  500  women  and  children  to  care  for  during  the  summer  months,  it  has  issued  a  challenge  to  Evanstonians  that  many 
have  accepted. 

The  Evanston  Day  Nursery  under  direction  of  a  trained  supervisor  reports  6,792  days'  care  during  the  year.  Emphasis 
is  placed  on  the  guidance  of  the  child's  intellectual  and  emotional  activity  and  the  development  of  personality. 

Grove  House  for  Convalescents  is  one  of  Evanston's  worthy  causes       A  home  is  conducted  in  North  Evanston. 


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MILITARY  TRAINING  CORPS 


THE  American  Military  Relief  unit  was  organized  in  1916  with  Mrs.  J.  A.  Patten  as  President.  Its  growth  was  rapid, 
and  in  1917  it  became  an  auxiliary  of  the  American  Red  Cross.  The  officers  report  that  during  the  twenty  months  ending 
March,  1919,  they  made  and  cleared  21,329  garments  and  4,581  comfort  kits,  in  addition  to  numerous  other  articles.  Busy 
days  saw  as  many  as  one  hundred  women  at  the  tables.  The  work  of  this  organization  since  the  war  is  noteworthy.  On  a 
large  scale  the  efforts  are  directed  at  answering  the  call  of  charities.  During  the  year  32,000  yards  of  gauze  were  cut,  17,884 
surgical  dressings,  and  over  5,074  garments  and  hand  pieces  were  made.  In  addition,  it  has  cut  over  4,000  garments  for  different 
organizations.  $8000.00  was  sent  to  the  American  Red  Cross  on  the  last  roll  call,  and  $3,500.00  to  Evanston  charities.  The 
Japanese  emergency  called  forth  another  $10,000.00. 

The  Camp  Fire  Girls,  under  Field  Guardian  Grace  Appell  are  organized  in  thirteen  groups  with  a  total  membership  of 
one  hundred  forty.  The  object  of  this  organization  is  to  guide  and  direct  the  interests  of  girls  through  the  medium  of  work, 
service,  knowledge,  thrift,  community  interest  and  play,  and  so  bring  them  through  the  trying  period  of  the  "teens",  into 
splendidly  developed  women  and  citizens. 

The  Girl  Scouts,  of  whom  we  have  two  troops,  number  100.  By  instruction,  competition  and  study  the  girls  work  for 
merit  badges.  Nature  study,  homemaking  and  recreation  are  three  features  emphasized.  The  first  troop  was  organized  in 
1918  by  Miss  Ysabel  Pfeiffer. 

The  United  Spanish  War  Veterans,  is  a  National  Organization  composed  of  men,  who  served  in  the  military  or  naval 
establishments  of  the  United  States  of  America  at  any  time  during  the  war  with  Spain,  the  Philippine  Insurrection  or  the 
China  Relief  Expedition. 

Its  object  is  to  unite  those  men  in  a  fraternal  bond  through  a  National  Organization  with  state  and  local  subdivisions 

To  honor  the  memory  of  and  preserve  from  neglect  and  oblivion  the  graves  of  their  dead  comrades.     To  assist 
needy  comrades  and  shipmates,  their  widows  and  orphans. 

To  perpetuate  the  memories  of  the  war  with  Spain  and  the  campaigns  incidental  to  and  growing  out  of  that  war. 

To  inculcate  the  principles  of  Universal  Liberty,  equal  rights  and  justice  to  all  mankind,  of  loyalty  to  our  country, 
reverence  to  its  institutions,  obedience  to  its  laws,  to  encourage  honor  and  purity  in  public  affairs  and  to  discounts 
nance  whatever  tends  to  weaken  these  sentiments  amongst  our  people,  to  conserve  national  honor  and  union  through 
unqualified  allegiance  to  the  national  government,  and  to  protect  the  consitutional  rights  and  liberties  of  American 
citizens. 

Evanston  Camp  No.  57  is  the  local  unit  of  the  organization,  it  was  instituted  March  23,  1911,  with  23  charter  members 
and  has  now  an  active  membership  of  51  with  two  honorary  members.     Hugo  Pape  is  commander. 

The  United  Veterans  of  the  Republic  are  organized  for  social,  fraternal,  political  purposes.  The  national  organization 
was  formed  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  in  December,  1918.  Honorably  discharged  veterans  of  all  wars  of  both  sexes  are  eligible  to 
membership. 


The  motto  is  "One  God,  One  Flag,  One  Country — America, 
action  on  matters  of  interest  to  ex-service  men. 


The  object  is  to  unite  veterans  of  all  wars  in  concerted 


Santiago-Argonne  Unit  No.  16  was  chartered  in  January,  1920,  with  an  enrollment  of  twelve  members  and  has  shown 
a  steadily  increasing  growth  with  a  present  paid  up  membership  of  one  hundred  and  forty-seven.  Honorary  members  are 
Carl  R.  Chindblom  and  William  C.  Levere.    J.  S.  Bousquet  is  commander. 


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Commander  United  Veterans 

of  the  Republic 


W.  J.  DIXON 

Captain  Minute  Men 


The  Military  Training  Corps  of  the  Evanston  Township  High  School  covers  the  basic  course  of  the  R.  O.  T.  C.  with 
marked  success.  Upon  satisfactory  completion  of  the  course  a  cadet  may  receive  as  much  as  two  years'  credit  at  a  university 
where  there  is  a  senior  unit,  entering  the  advanced  course  and  receiving  pay,  while  being  under  no  obligation  for  active  service. 
In  1924  the  rifle  team  won  the  Winchester  national  high  school  championship  and  finished  its  third  consecutive  year  without 
defeat  in  contact  school  match.  Trips  to  the  rifle  range  at  Fort  Sheridan,  hikes  to  the  sand  dunes,  etc.,  are  features  of  the 
work.  This  is  not  a  "■drill"  organization  but  an  Officer's  Training  Corps  where  sound  character,  physical  fitness,  and  leader' 
ship  are  taught  through  the  medium  of  small  groups. 

The  Minute  Men  of  the  Constitution,  of  which  our  own  General  Dawes  in  president,  is  known  as  Company  One  with 
Willard  J.  Dixon  as  local  captain.  Over  7,650  Evanston  citizens  have  enrolled  to  carry  out  its  ideals.  The  organization  is  non- 
partisan  in  politics,  but  is  pledged  to  secure  delegates  to  national  and  state  conventions  who  will  promise  to  endeavor  to  have 
republican  and  democratic  platforms  include  therein  articles  advocating  "respect  for  law,"  condemn  agencies  that  breed  class 
or  religious  discriminations,  recognize  a  man's  right  to  associate  with  others,  and  defend,  within  the  law,  his  social  and  political 
interests. 

The  General  John  A.  Logan  Post,  J^p.  540  Evanston,  G.  A.  R.,  was  organized  October  22,  1885,  through  the  efforts  of 
Comrade  E.  R.  Lewis.  Twentyseven  ex-Union  soldiers  and  sailors  residing  in  Evanston  and  vicinity  were  charter  members. 
The  following  are  members  of  the  Post  at  present:  Wm.  P.  Turner,  Commander,  Frank  Alles,  J.  W.  Beebe,  J.  Seymour  Currey, 
J.  E.  Hathaway,  Geo.  Huber,  F.  R.  Holden,  E.  D.  Redington,  W.  H.  Seaburg,  A.  J.  Little,  R.  S.  Risser,  F.  L.  Barker,  Andrew 
Bnggs,  C.  A.  Garnsey,  R.  H.  Hobart,  W.  W.  Dike,  H.  A.  Pearsons,  M.  J.  Rohrer,  H.  T.  Scoville,  Charles  Newburgh. 

The  Evanston  Post  7\(o.  42  of  the  American  Legion  is  an  association  of  men  and  women  who  served  in  the  World  War. 

The  Legion's  purposes  are  stated  in  the  preamble  to  its  constitution,  as  follows: 

To  uphold  and  defend  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  of  America;  to  maintain  law  and  order;  to  foster  and 
perpetuate  a  one  hundred  per  cent  Americanism;  to  preserve  the  memories  and  incidents  of  our  association  in  the 
Great  War;  to  inculcate  a  sense  of  individual  obligation  to  the  community,  state  and  nation;  to  combat  the  auto- 
cracy  of  both  the  classes  and  the  masses;  to  make  right  the  master  of  might;  to  promote  peace  and  good  will  on 
earth;  to  safeguard  and  transmit  to  posterity  the  principles  of  justice,  freedom  and  democracy;  to  consecrate  and 
sanctify  our  comradeship  by  our  devotion  to  mutual  helpfulness. 

The  Legion  has  no  purposes,  policies  or  activities  which  are  not  covered  by  this  preamble. 

The  Legion  is  absolutely  non-military  in  organization  and  purposes.  Former  distinctions  in  rank  are  not  recognized  and 
military  titles  cannot  be  used  in  its  meetings  and  conventions. 

The  Legion  is  not  "in  politics"  nor  will  it  enter.  It  will  not  permit  its  name  or  organization  to  be  used  to  further  the 
political  aims  of  any  person  or  group.  It  will  not  permit  anyone  who  holds  or  is  seeking  a  salaried  elective  public  office  to 
hold  office  in  the  Legion  or  in  any  department  or  Post  thereof. 

The  Legion  has  not  and  will  not  take  part  in  industrial  disputes  between  employers  and  employees.  Its  attitude  toward 
organized  labor  is  exactly  the  same  as  its  attitude  towards  all  groups  of  American  citizens  who  are  interested  in  a  square  deal 
for  all,  in  the  maintenance  of  law  and  order  and  the  protection  of  the  institutions  handed  down  to  us  by  our  forefathers. 

The  American  Legion  was  organized  in  Paris  in  February,  1919.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  the  Evanston  Post  was  organized 
with  sixty  members.     The  present  membership  is  325.     H.  L.  Garwood  is  commander. 


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The  Vsfomaris  Club  of  Evanston 

TN  1889  a  group  of  Evanston  women,  under  the  leadership  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Boynton  Harbert,  met 
at  Mrs.  Harbert's  home  and  organised  the  Woman's  Club  of  Evanston.    Nine  years  later,  in  1898, 
the  Club  was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois  as  an  organization  not  for  profit,  with 
its  objects  as  quoted  from  the  charter. 

The  first  meetings  of  the  Club  were  held  at  Mrs.  Harbert's  and  the  homes  of  other  members,  but 
as  the  Club  grew  in  numbers  larger  quarters  became  necessary,  and  the  Club  moved  about  to  various 
places,  meeting  at  the  old  Evanston  Boat  Club,  St.  Mark's  Parish  House,  the  parlors  of  the  Presby 
terian  and  Methodist  churches,  and  remained  for  a  long  time  a  tenant  of  the  Y.M.C.A.  The  growth 
of  the  Club  was  steady  and  its  interests  were  becoming  so  widespread  that  the  matter  of  owning  a 
club  house  was  presented  to  the  members,  and  was  received  with  such  enthusiasm  that  committees 


were  appointed  and  ways  and  means  devised  to  accomplish  this  purpose.  The  citizens  of  Evanston 
responded  most  generously  to  a  drive  for  funds,  Mr.  James  A.  Patten  heading  the  list  by  contributing 
one  third  of  the  cost.  The  corner-stone  of  the  building  was  laid  in  May,  1912,  and  in  March,  1913, 
the  Club  House  was  opened.  At  that  time  there  were  five  hundred  members,  with  a  generous  waiting 
list.  Since  that  time  the  membership  has  been  increased  from  year  to  year,  until  there  are  now  one 
thousand  active  members,  with  a  waiting  list  so  long  that  from  two  to  three  years  is  required  from  the 
time  of  making  application  before  a  member  is  able  to  secure  admission. 

The  work  of  the  Club  is  carried  on  by  three  departments.    When  a  candidate  makes  application 
for  admission  to  membership  she  designates  the  department  with  which  she  prefers  to  be  identified. 


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If  her  choice  is  the  Art  and  Literature  Department,  when  her  services  are  needed  to  help  in  the  activi- 
ties of  the  Club,  she  will  be  chosen  to  assist  in  the  work  of  this  department.  The  same  principle  applies 
if  the  member  chooses  the  Home  or  the  Social  Service  Departments.  Current  literature,  music  study, 
fine  arts  exhibition  and  dramatic  entertainments  come  within  the  province  of  the  Art  and  Literature 
Department.  Matters  of  education,  home  economics,  fashion  displays  and  kindred  subjects  fill  the  time 
of  the  Home  Department.  The  Social  Service  Department  brings  before  the  Club,  speakers  of  national 
and  international  fame,  on  topics  pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  our  country,  and  at  the  same  time  works 
with  local  agencies  for  the  betterment  of  our  community.  Each  Tuesday  of  the  month  is  set  aside  for 
a  Club  program,  and  during  the  month  each  department  is  responsible  for  one  program,  the  fourth  being 
furnished  by  the  program  committee  of  the  Club.  Each  department  has  a  large  number  of  committees 
all  of  them  drawing  members  of  the  Club  into  active  service. 

Many  activities  of  the  greatest  benefit  to  the  community  were  initiated  in  the  Woman's  Club 
Among  these  probably  the  most  outstanding  are  the  Evanston  Hospital  Association  and  the  Visiting 
Nurse  Association.  Then  came  milk  inspection,  food  sanitation  laws,  laws  for  better  housing  and  city 
lighting,  work  for  the  filtration  plant,  and  a  plea  for  a  policewoman.  All  this  work  was,  of  course,  done 
in  co-operation  with  the  departments  of  the  city,  the  Club  asking  for  improvements  where  they  were 
needed  and  helping  in  every  way  to  secure  them.  During  the  World  War  it  was  a  rare  day  indeed 
when  the  Club  House  and  its  equipment  were  not  in  use  for  some  war  activity.  Money  was  raised 
among  the  Club  members  to  send  an  ambulance  to  France  in  the  name  of  the  Woman's  Club  of  Evanston. 
Food  demonstrations  were  constantly  held  in  the  Club  House  to  instruct  the  women  of  Evanston  in  the 
matter  of  food  conservation,  and  committees  organized  there  carried  on  these  demonstrations  in  churches 
and  schools  throughout  the  city.  A  canning  kitchen  was  organized  which  was  conducted  in  the  Domestic 
Science  School,  but  which  was  under  the  direction  of  a  committee  from  the  Woman's  Club,  and  as  the 
influenza  epidemic  came  on  just  as  the  canning  season  was  drawing  to  a  close,  a  committee  was  formed 
to  prepare  food  and  distribute  it  throughout  the  city  where  needed  by  the  sick.  The  basement  of 
the  Woman's  Club  was  turned  into  a  community  kitchen,  and  the  delivery  service  was  conducted 
by  Club  members  driving  their  own  cars.  It  has  always  been  the  policy  of  the  Club  to  give  both  time 
and  money  to  every  good  community  movement,  and  on  practically  every  welfare  organization  of  the 
city  will  be  found  someone  representing  the  Woman's  Club. 

The  affairs  and  funds  of  the  Club  are  controlled  by  a  Board  of  Managers  composed  of  twenty-four 
members,  which  includes  the  officers,  chairmen  of  departments,  and  directors.  The  dues  are  surprisingly 
small,  but  the  rentals  of  the  Club  House  bring  the  income  up  to  the  necessary  amount  for  operating 
expenses.  According  to  the  last  Treasurer's  Report  (March,  1924),  the  value  of  Club  House  grounds 
and  equipment  was  listed  in  round  figures  at  $110,000.00.  One-tenth  of  the  initiation  fees  and  dues 
is  set  aside  each  year  as  a  regular  contribution  to  charity,  in  addition  to  special  appropriations  which 
are  made  from  time  to  time  as  special  needs  arise.  In  addition  to  the  ground  on  which  the  Club  House 
stands,  the  Club  owns  the  land  to  the  north  of  the  building  and  also  the  lot  to  the  west,  on  which 
stands  a  nine-room  dwelling.  This  dwelling  is  used  rent-free  by  the  Young  Woman's  Community  Club 
(formerly  The  Girls'  League).  Besides  the  use  of  this  property  a  yearly  cash  contribution  is  made  by 
the  Club  towards  this  work. 


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Boy   Scouts  of  Evanston 

CINCE  the  establishment  of  the  Boy  Scouts  in  Evanston  in  1911,  there  has  been  a  gradual  increase  in 
membership  and  morale  until  today  there  are  seventeen  troops  and  about  425  scouts.    Three  or  four 
more  troops  are  in  prospect,  to  meet  the  needs  of  the  present  population. 

There  are  two  great  purposes  in  the  scouting  program,  Character  Building  and  Citizenship 
Training.  Woodcraft,  cooking,  tracking,  trailing,  signaling,  first  aid,  camp'craft,  knowing  birds,  trees, 
shrubs,  flowers,  animals  and  stars,  learning  resourcefulness  and  leadership  by  doing,  are  incidental. 

About  36  scout  masters  handle  the  boys,  giving  freely  of  their  time  year  in  and  year  out.  About 
125  councilmen  serve  Evanston's  Boyhood  in  other  capacities. 

Dr.  Norman  E.  Richardson  is  president  of  the  Evanston  Council  of  Boy  Scouts.  Dr.  E.  D.  Kelley 
is  Scout  Executive  and  Donald  M.  Bolten,  Assistant  Scout  Executive. 


The  Scout  Oath 

On  my  honor,  I  will  do  my  best: 

1.  To  do  my  duty  to  God  and  my  Country  and  to  obey  the  scout  laws. 

2.  To  help  other  people  at  all  times. 

3.  To  keep  myself  physically  strong,  mentally  awake  and  morally  straight. 


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T.  M.  C.  A.  of  Evanston 


ON  June  26,  1885,  a  meeting  was  held  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Evanston  to  consider  the  organization  of  a 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  Those  present  were  Rev.  Andrew  J.  Scott,  Rev.  Lewis  Curts,  Rev.  George 
C.  Noyes,  H.  G.  Grey,  D.  S.  McMullen,  H.  H.  C.  Niller,  George  Adams,  L.  K.  Gillson,  F.  Benjamin  and  Mr.  Martin.  As  a 
result  of  this  meeting,  a  mass  meeting  was  called  for  November  17, 1885,  at  which  the  organization  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  of  Evanston  was  perfected.     M.  P.  Aiken  was  elected  first  president  and  Joseph  M.  Larimer  first  vice'president. 

The  Evanston  Association  was  incorporated  December  18,  1885,  the  corporate  name  being  "The  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  of  Evanston,  Illinois,"  the  object  as  stated  being  "to  provide  means  whereby  young  men  may  obtain  physical, 
social,  moral  and  religious  culture."  Immediately  after  organization,  the  board  of  managers  secured  quarters  in  Jennings  Hall. 
A  constitution  was  adopted  April  20,  1886. 

Will  S.  Mather  was  called  as  the  first  general  secretary  and  Prof.  Greiner  had  charge  of  the  first  physical  training  work 
conducted,  which  was  started  in  March,  1886. 

A  lease  was  taken  on  the  building  located  on  the  corner  of  Chicago  Avenue  and  Davis  Street,  April  20,  1886,  and  the 
association  continued  its  work  in  this  building  until  1898.  In  1898  through  the  untiring  efforts  of  John  R.  Lindgren,  president, 
and  William  Boyd,  general  secretary,  it  was  possible  to  raise  funds  to  build  and  equip  the  main  building  now  located  at  1611-21 
Orrington  Avenue.  The  gymnasium  annex  was  added  within  the  next  year  and  the  swimming  pool  was  installed  shortly 
thereafter. 

For  many  years,  the  association  labored  under  an  indebtedness  due  to  the  erection  of  the  present  building  on  Orrington 
Avenue.  In  1910,  a  committee  headed  by  Mr.  John  E.  Wilder,  known  as  the  committee  of  100,  conducted  a  successful  cam- 
paign for  $100,000.00  to  wipe  out  the  indebtedness,  remodel  the  Orrington  Avenue  building,  enlarge  the  endowment,  and 
provide  funds  to  start  the  organization  of  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work  for  colored  young  men  and  boys.  The  campaign  proved  highly 
successful  and  over  $116,000.00  was  secured. 

In  1914  the  Emerson  Street  Department  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  for  colored  young  men  and  boys  was  organized.  The  interest 
of  Dr.  D.  J.  Harris  and  others  made  this  work  possible  and  a  building  was  erected. 

From  a  membership  numbering  a  few  hundred,  the  association  has  grown  until  over  2000  were  enrolled  in  the  two  depart' 
ments  on  January  1,  1924. 

Under  the  leadership  of  the  following  who  are  the  present  officers  and  directors,  the  association  has  taken  rapid  strides 
forward — Charles  N.  Stevens,  President;  George  M.  Ludlow,  First  Vice-President;  Horace  M.  Capron,  Second  Vice-President; 
William  Hudson  Harper,  Recording  Secretary;  Edwin  G.  Booz,  Treasurer;  James  W.  Bixby,  General  Secretary. 

The  Central  Department  Building  has  been  sold  and  erection  of  a  great  modern  structure  which  will  care  for  the  needs 
of  the  young  men  and  boys  of  the  future  is  contemplated  very  soon. 


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EVANSTON  CLUB 


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Fraternal    and    Social    Clubs 

A  TOLL  of  memberships  in  social,  civic  and  fraternal  organisations  of  Evanston  would  probably  be 
more  than  the  population  by  several  hundred  per  cent.     People  live  in  Evanston,  and  find  their 
social  appetites  well  satisfied  in  their  home  town. 

Evanston  boasts  two  boat  clubs — in  Grosse  Point  Harbor  we  find  the  Sheridan  Shore  Yacht  Club 
with  their  attractive  quarters  containing  all  facilities  for  comfort.  Out  in  the  harbor  we  see  the  Buc- 
caneers1 unique  club  house  from  the  decks  of  which  members  enjoy  beautiful  vistas  of  the  lake  as  they 
dine  and  talk.  Julian  Armstrong  was  one  of  the  directing  forces  in  this  organization,  which  also  owns 
six  Buccaneer  "Cats11  for  the  use  of  its  members. 

In  the  quarters  of  the  former  Evanston  Boat  Club  at  Lake  Street  we  find  the  present  Canoe  Club, 
which  counts  many  active  young  men  in  its  membership.  The  love  of  horses  directs  another  group  of 
our  citizens  and  we  have  the  Evanston  Saddle  Club,  under  direction  of  Walter  Clyde  Jones.  They 
report  over  forty  members. 

The  University  Club,  organized  in  1904,  has  a  membership  of  514,  representing  100  different 
colleges.  Developing  from  a  small  group  of  fourteen  in  borrowed  quarters,  they  now  boast  a  most 
active  organization  housed  in  a  beautiful  club  house. 

The  Country  Club,  organized  in  1889  is  now  in  its  new  quarters,  erected  on  the  site  of  the  old 
building  which  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1922.  The  club  is  purely  social,  has  a  membership  of  1000,  and 
furnishes  eight  tennis  courts  for  the  use  of  its  members. 


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The  Evanston  Club  was  organized  in  1888.  It  has  a  restricted  membership  of  250.  It  is  organ' 
ized  to  promote  social,  athletic  and  asthetic  culture.    James  A.  Patten  is  President. 

The  Elks  Lodge,  occupying  two  buildings,  is  one  of  our  most  active  fraternal  organizations.  In 
addition  to  doing  great  charity  work,  this  organization  gives  unusually  great  privileges  to  its  members, 
who  number  over  1000.     This  club  sponsors  Evanston  Community  Day  at  the  Forest  Preserve. 

Evanston's  Masonic  orders,  five  in  number,  had  their  beginning  in  1866.  In  addition  to  its  regular 
charity  and  fraternal  work  this  organization  is  preparing  to  erect  a  new  temple. 

Newman  Court  No.  511,  Catholic  Daughters  of  America,  of  which  Mary  M.  Jans  is  president, 
report  a  membership  of  351.  While  the  organization  is  of  a  social  nature,  it  does  a  great  deal  of  charity 
work. 

Newman  Council,  Knights  of  Columbus,  under  direction  of  Edward  W.  Bell,  has  a  membership 
of  490.    In  addition  to  their  fraternal  work  they  are  noted  for  their  charity. 

Pythian  Sisters  report  a  membership  of  121.    They  visit  the  sick  and  also  do  charity  work. 

Vesper  Rebekah  Lodge,  with  a  membership  of  204,  reports  the  upkeep  of  eight  beds  in  an  orphan 
home.     Mrs.  Emma  Washburn  is  Noble  Grand. 

Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  was  organized  in  1880.  They  contemplate  the  erection  of 
their  own  building  this  summer.     Fred  S.  Brown  is  Noble  Grand. 


Sunday    Afternoon    Club 


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URING^  the  World  War  the  four  churches  located  in  the  center  of  the  city  adjacent  to  Raymond 
Park  came  together  each  Sunday  evening  for  a  patriotic  service.  These  meetings  accustomed  the 
people  to  coming  together,  and  it  was  decided  to  continue  the  union.  A  central  committee  was  formed, 
consisting  of  three  laymen  and  the  pastor  from  each  church.  The  expense  was  underwritten  by  the 
churches  and  after  a  year  or  two  of  experiment,  it  was  found  that  four  o'clock  on  Sunday  afternoon  was 
better  than  the  evening  hour  for  large  audiences. 

Dr.  Hugh  Elmer  Brown,  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church,  was  charged  with  securing  the 
speakers  and  making  other  arrangements.  The  meetings  are  held  from  September  15th  to  June  15th, 
half  of  the  time  in  the  First  Methodist  Church  and  half  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  as  these 
have  the  largest  seating  capacity.  During  the  summer  months  the  committee  conducts  a  Vesper  Service 
in  the  First  Baptist  Church  or  the  First  Congregational  Church.  Great  crowds  have  attended  these 
meetings.  A  large  number  of  men  and  women  of  national  and  international  importance,  the  list  of 
whom  would  read  like  a  contemporary  hall  of  fame,  have  been  brought  to  Evanston.  Among  them 
have  been: 

Hon.  Albert  J.  Beveridge         Judge  Keneshaw  M.  Landis  Dr.  J.  Fort  Newton,  D.D. 

Dean  Chas.  R.  Brown,  D.D.     Dr.  Newell  D.  Hillis,  Calvin  Coolidge 

Ex-Vice  Pres.  Marshall  Hugh  Black,  D.D.  Maude  Ballington  Booth 

Dr.  Wilfred  Grenfell  Bishop  Francis  McConnell  Mrs.  Corrine  Roosevelt  Robinson 

Dr.  Charles  Gilkey,  D.D.  Raymond  Fosdick  Henry  Van  Dyke 

Albert  Parker  Fitch 

The  total  budget  for  this  enterprise  has  been  about  $3,500.00  a  year,  most  of  which  has  been  met 
by  the  collection  taken  and  a  list  of  personal  subscribers. 


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Coast    Guard    Service 

'  I  'HE  U.  S.  Government  Life  Saving  Station,  located  at  the  southeast  corner  of  the  Northwestern  University  Campus  has 
-*-  had  a  noble  record  of  service,  a  record  that  is  all  the  more  inspiring  because  most  of  the  men  in  the  service  have  been 
students  in  the  university.  The  most  dramatic  rescue  was  probably  that  of  the  Lady  Elgin  on  September  8,  1860.  This 
passenger  steamer  was  struck  in  a  collision  just  north  of  Evanston,  and  of  the  325  persons  aboard,  287  were  lost.  Only  30 
came  through  the  breakers  alive  and  practically  all  of  these  were  rescued  by  the  heroic  exertions  of  the  students  of  the  uni' 
versity  and  the  Garrett  Biblical  Institute. 

A  single  student,  Edward  W.  Spencer,  rescued  seventeen  of  these  persons.  Spencer  with  a  rope  fast  to  his  waist  would 
dash  through  the  breakers,  for  he  was  a  strong  and  expert  swimmer,  get  hold  of  a  drowning  person  and  then  signal  to  be 
drawn  to  shore. 

After  his  strength  was  all  but  exhausted  he  insisted  on  going  back  for  one  more,  and  again  one  more.  An  illness  and 
delirium  followed  this  exploit  in  which  he  constantly  repeated  "Did  I  do  my  best?  Did  I  do  my  best?"  The  story  of  his 
heroism  was  published  round  the  world. 

Another  splendid  rescue  occurred  on  November  24,  1887,  when  the  steamer  Hoisted  grounded  about  200  yards  off  the 
shore  of  Glencoe.  Captain  Lawson  and  his  men  succeeded  in  getting  the  surf  boat  up  to  Glencoe  and  down  the  high  bluff, 
which  was  in  itself  a  tremendous  task.  On  the  first  attempt  to  pass  through  the  tremendous  sea,  they  capsized,  but  they 
returned  to  shore,  baled  out,  and  in  the  second  attempt  succeeded,  and  brought  back  five  men.  On  the  second  trip,  the 
steering  oar  broke  but  Captain  Lawson  took  the  nearest  rower's  oar  and  set  him  to  bailing.  On  this  passage  the  remainder 
of  the  crew  were  brought  ashore,  ten  men  in  all. 

A  third  rescue  by  this  student  force  under  Captain  Lawson  may  be  mentioned  because  for  sheer  hardship  few  records  in 
the  annals  of  the  service  can  surpass  it.  On  Thanksgiving  day  in  1887  (November  28th),  the  steamer  Calumet  was  wrecked 
off  Ft.  Sheridan.  A  terrific  blizzard  was  raging  and  the  thermometer  was  down  to  only  ten  above  zero.  Two  hours  after 
word  came  to  the  station  in  Evanston  the  crew  arrived  with  the  boat  at  the  scene  of  the  wreck.  Fifty  soldiers  from  Ft. 
Sheridan  helped  get  the  boat  down  the  precipitous  bluff.  Part  of  the  way  steps  had  to  be  cut  and  the  last  thirty  feet  the 
boat  was  lowered  by  rope.  The  waves  dashed  the  boat  against  the  hard  clay  bluff.  The  men  were  in  danger  of  being  either 
crushed  or  drowned.  Three  times  the  boat  was  launched,  capsized,  was  bailed  out  and  launched  again,  but  skill,  strength 
and  courage  brought  success  and  eventually  Captain  Lawson  got  to  the  side  of  the  vessel  and,  with  the  aid  of  a  line,  got  six 
men  aboard.  It  is  hard  to  see  how  flesh  and  blood  could  do  it,  for  not  only  must  they  contend  with  the  terrifying  seas  but 
every  drop  of  water  that  struck  their  oars  or  clothing  was  instantly  frozen.  Despite  all  this  the  student  crew  made  three 
trips  and  brought  the  eighteen  men  safe  to  shore.  The  next  morning  nothing  was  left  of  the  Calumet  but  the  stern  and  stern 
post  sticking  out  of  the  water.  For  this  rescue  the  crew  were  presented  with  the  gold  medal,  the  highest  token  of  apprecia- 
tion that  the  department  can  bestow. 


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Militia 

COMPANY  "I".  Immediately  after  the  United  States  entered  the  World  War  in  April,  1917,  military  training  was 
started  in  Evanston  for  the  purpose  of  giving  elementary  training  to  those  who  expected  to  go  to  the  Officers1  Train' 
ing  Camp  or  otherwise  enter  the  Army. 

This  work  rapidly  expanded,  and  in  the  early  summer  of  1917  a  definite  organization  was  effected,  a  company  having  an 
enrollment  of  about  one  hundred  fifty.  Commissions  were  issued  to  the  officers  by  the  State  Council  of  Defense,  the  officers 
being  Henry  M.  Huxley,  Captain;  J.  R.  Wilbur,  First  Lieutenant;  Oscar  S.  Seaver,  Second  Lieutenant.  This  company, 
although  uniformed  at  the  expense  of  the  individual  members,  was  without  equipment  and  was  solely  a  training  organization. 

In  the  late  summer  of  1917  the  State  of  Illinois  organized  three  regiments — the  9th,  10th  and  11th  Illinois  Infantry — to 
preserve  order  within  the  state  and  to  replace  the  National  Guard  regiments  which  had  been  called  into  the  Federal  Service. 

With  the  rest  of  the  regiment,  Company  "I"  went  to  Camp  Lincoln  at  Springfield  for  equipment  and  training  and  re' 
mained  there  for  twenty-three  days,  returning  to  Evanston  in  the  latter  part  of  September,  1917- 

COMPANY  "E".  A  number  of  patriotic  citizens  of  Evanston,  realizing  the  need  of  a  local  military  body,  organized 
the  Evanston  Volunteer  Training  Corps.  From  this  organization,  then  under  command  of  Capt.  J.  Ralph  Wilbur,  was  formed 
Company  "E,"  First  Regiment  Illinois  Reserve  Militia,  Capt.  J.  Williams  Macy  commanding.  The  Company  was  mustered 
in  on  October  4,  1917  and  drilled  twice  a  week  at  Patten  gymnasium.  Krag  rifles  were  furnished  by  the  State,  but  uniforms 
and  other  equipment  were  provided  by  the  members  of  the  Company. 

From  the  time  that  the  Company  was  first  organized,  members  in  ever  increasing  numbers  secured  their  discharges  to 
enter  Federal  service.  The  Company  was,  however,  kept  at  full  strength  by  the  enlistment  of  new  recruits.  Company  "E" 
served  the  state  during  the  race  riots  and  fuel  shortage. 

TANK  COMPANY.  In  the  fall  of  1920,  the  State  of  Illinois  started  the  reorganization  of  the  National  Guard  under 
the  provisions  of  the  Act  of  June  4,  1920. 

With  about  twenty  former  members  of  "I"  Company  as  a  nucleus,  Company  "G"  Tanks  was  organized  as  one  of  twelve 
National  Guard  Tank  Companies  allotted  to  twelve  states.  With  three  officers  and  fifty  enlisted  men  the  Company  was 
offered  for  state  acceptance  and  Federal  recognition,  and  the  Company  became  a  federally  recognized  unit  of  the  National 
Guard  on  November  17,  1920. 

Just  before  its  departure  for  Camp  Grant  in  August,  1921,  the  motor  equipment  including  tanks,  trucks,  motorcycles, 
etc.,  began  to  arrive,  and  a  large  garage  at  1026  Emerson  Street  was  secured  for  the  storage  of  this  equipment.  Subsequently 
this  building  was  taken  over  as  the  regular  armory  for  the  Company. 

In  the  fall  of  1921  the  designation  of  the  Company  was  changed  from  Company  "G"  Tanks  to  33d  Tank  Company, 
thus  more  adequately  identifying  the  Company  as  the  Tank  Company  of  the  33d  Division  which  is  the  Illinois  Division  of 
the  National  Guard. 

Captain  Huxley  requested  relief  from  duty  on  January  1,  1922  and  Captain  Evan  R.  Anderson  became  Company  com- 
mander.    Captain  Anderson  resigned  and  Captain  Ralph  Ramsey  is  now  in  command. 


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TN  stride  with  the  progressive  and  discriminating  taste  of  Evanston  are 
A  the  theatres.  With  managers  aware  of  the  pulse  of  the  community, 
only  the  best,  approved  pictures  are  run.  The  theatres  in  Evanston 
operate  six  days  a  week  and  are  closed  on  Sunday. 

An  additional  treat  is  summer  Grand  Opera  at  Ravinia  Park,  which 
is  a  short  ride  north  of  Evanston.  Numerous  local  student  theatricals, 
concerts,  athletic  contests  and  circus  also  share  generously  in  town 
interest  and  support. 


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'"THE  North  Shore  Hotel  is  located  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Davis  Street  and  Chicago  Avenue,  in 
the  heart  of  Evanston's  residential  district.    Here,  for  sixty  years,  stood  the  Avenue  House,  Evans- 
ton's  aristocratic  hotel,  but  as  it  suffered  from  lack  of  modern  improvements  it  gave  way  to  the  present 
thoroughly  modern  and  fireproof  structure. 

The  style  of  architecture  of  the  North  Shore  Hotel  is  Elizabethan,  outside  and  in. 

The  lobby  has  an  atmosphere  of  ease  and  restfulness,  the  color  scheme  being  subdued;  and  the 
furniture  of  old  English  type  is  charming  in  its  variety  of  form. 

The  east  side  of  the  lobby  opens  into  a  patio  with  a  green  bordered  fountain,  and  a  movable  sky' 
light  that  opens  the  room  to  the  sky  upon  occasion.  This  patio  is  used  as  a  tea  room,  and  as  a  foyer 
for  dining  room  and  ball  room. 

The  ball  room  is  in  orange  and  black,  and  richly  furnished  as  becomes  the  social  headquarters  of 
aristocratic  Evanston. 

The  main  dining  room  is  finished  in  white,  relieved  with  bits  of  color  and  green  plants.  In  addi- 
tion  to  the  dining  room  there  is  also  a  coffee  room,  cafeteria  type,  in  the  building,  the  foods  being  of 
the  same  quality  as  those  served  in  the  main  dining  room. 

The  three  hundred  rooms,  which  the  hotel  contains,  are  luxuriously  furnished.  Accommodations 
are  arranged  in  single  rooms  and  bath,  two-,  three-,  and  four-room  suites.  The  north  wing  of  the  hotel 
is  arranged  for  kitchenette  apartments,  which  are  furnished  like  the  transient  rooms. 

At  the  North  Shore  Hotel  one  finds  the  luxury  and  comfort  of  the  most  modern  metropolitan 
hotel  combination  with  the  ideal  surroundings  and  fresh,  vigorous  atmosphere  of  a  suburban  home. 

F.  J.  Kihm  is  manager. 


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'"THE  Evanston  Hotel,  situated  on  the  corner  of  Main  Street  and  Forest 
Avenue,  was  the  first  modern  hotel  built  in  Evanston.  The  purchase 
of  land  was  made  by  Messrs.  L.  M.  Nelson  and  F.  C.  Lewin  in  1914. 
The  house  was  opened  in  1917-  It  was  called  "The  Model11  on  its 
opening  night,  becoming  a  favorite  from  the  start  and  still  maintaining 
its  early  success. 

It  continued  under  the  owners1  management  until  1922,  when  Mr. 
F.  C.  Lewin  died.  In  January  of  1924  the  partnership  was  severed  and 
''The  Evanston11  became  the  property  of  the  Lewin  estate. 

Its  location  among  ideal  surroundings  in  an  exclusive  neighborhood, 
away  from  the  noise  and  congestion,  makes  it  an  ideal  home. 

Mrs.  L.  H.  Field  is  manager. 


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'"THE  Evanshire  Hotel,  located  at  the  corner  of  Main  Street  and  Hnv 
man  Avenue,  was  opened  on  September  1,  1923.    It  is  one  of  the  pro- 
jects  of  the  Main  Street  Building  Corporation  and  is  under  the  manage- 
ment of  C.  L.  Corpening. 

The  building  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  city  and  presents  an  attractive 
appearance,  being  seven  stories  in  height  and  built  of  brick  and  light 
terra  cotta. 

There  are  128  rooms,  each  equipped  with  bath  tub  and  shower  bath, 
circulating  ice  water  and  other  modern  conveniences. 

The  public  rooms  are  finished  in  Italian  marble;  the  office  counter 
is  of  Belgian  marble,  and  the  lobby  floor  is  Alabama  and  Mapolion  grey 
marble. 

An  unusual  feature  in  hotel  construction  is  the  placing  of  two 
windows  in  each  room,  giving  ample  light  and  fresh  air  at  all  times. 
The  Evanshire  is  truly  a  residential  hotel  of  refinement. 


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HE  Library  Plaza  Hotel  is  under  the  same  ownership  and  management  as 
The  Orrington  Hotel,  and  is  located  just  a  few  steps  south  on  the  opposite 
side  of  Orrington  Avenue. 


Like  The  Orrington,  The  Library-Plaza  is  new,  fireproof  and  modern  in 
every  detail.  As  you  enter  the  lobby  you  are  impressed  by  elegance  and  re- 
finement, quiet  and  good  taste,  still  further  emphasized  when  you  inspect  the 
exquisitely  furnished  one-  and  two-room  apartments. 

There  are  quarters  both  with  and  without  kitchenettes.  The  one-room 
apartments  are  equipped  with  wall  beds,  permitting  the  room  to  be  furnished 
as  a  commodious  living  room  with  sofas,  easy  chairs,  secretaries,  etc.  In  the 
two'room  suites  there  is  a  living  room  with  separate  chamber  equipped  with 
regular  beds. 

A  splendid  cafeteria  is  located  within  the  hotel  and  there  is  a  cheery 
solarium  on  the  roof  with  an  open  fireplace  and  cozy  home  furnishings. 


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r"PHE  Orrington  Hotel  is  the  newest  and  largest  apartment  hotel  in  Evanston. 
It  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  finest  and  most  complete  buildings  of  its  kind 
in  the  middle  west. 

The  accommodations  range  from  one  room  up  to  apartments  of  eight 
rooms,  both  furnished  and  unfurnished,  with  and  without  kitchenettes. 
Every  room  is  an  outside  room,  spacious,  comfortable,  beautiful. 

There  are  many  public  rooms — reception  courts,  an  elegant  English 
lounge,  roof  garden,  gentlemen's  club  room,  etc.  The  mezzanine  ball  room  or 
banquet  hall  accommodates  approximately  two  hundred  people.  The  gold 
room,  used  for  meetings  and  dinners,  is  ample  for  from  twenty  to  thirty  people. 
The  Pompeian  room,  slightly  larger,  accommodates  up  to  fifty.  The  roof  garden 
ball  room  has  a  banquet  capacity  of  five  hundred  with  dancing  space  for  two 
hundred  couples.     The  main  dining  room  seats  one  hundred  and  fifty  people. 

For  every  social  affair,  meeting  or  convention  The  Orrington  offers  com' 
plete  and  elegant  facilities.  The  convenience  to  transportation,  the  newness 
and  freshness  of  everything  make  The  Orrington  exceedingly  attractive  both 
as  a  place  to  live  and  entertain  in. 


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LAWRENCE  J.  KHAPP 
Secretary  and  Assistant  Cashier 


State  Ban\  and  Trust  Company 

"pOLLOWING  the  Chicago  fire,  Thomas  C.  Hoag  opened  a  grocery  store  on  the  south- 
"*-  east  corner  of  Davis  Street  and  Chicago  Avenue.  In  connection  with  this  store,  the 
Bank  of  Thomas  C.  Hoag  6?  Company  was  established  in  1874.  The  bank  grew  steadily 
and  in  1891  moved  across  the  street  to  the  southwest  corner.  The  first  modern  safe 
deposit  vaults  in  Evanston  were  there  installed. 

A  year  later,  Mr.  Hoag  sold  his  interest  and  the  State  Bank  of  Evanston  was  in- 
corporated  with  capital  of  $100,000.00  and  deposits  of  $306,000.00.  In  1907  the  bank 
built  an  exclusive  banking  building  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Davis  Street  and  Orring- 
ton  Avenue,  its  present  location.  It  was  thought  that  this  building  would  be  adequate 
for  many  years,  but  by  1913,  both  the  public  space  and  working  quarters  had  become 
so  congested  that  it  was  necessary  to  enlarge  the  bank  to  double  its  size,  in  order  to 
accommodate  the  increasing  demands  of  the  city. 

Since  then,  however,  the  rapid  expansion  of  the  bank's  business  has  necessitated 
the  consideration  of  still  larger  improvements.  The  new  building  is  to  cover  more  than 
twice  the  ground  area  now  occupied. 

On  July  1,  1919,  the  name  of  the  bank  was  changed  to  State  Bank  and  Trust  Com- 
pany. The  Capital  is  now  $300,000.00  and  Surplus  and  Undivided  Earnings  $550,000.00 
with  total  assets  over  $8,000,000.00.     The  present  officers  are: 


F.  J.  Scheidenhelm,  President 

G.  H.  Tomlinson,  Vice-President 
C.  J.  Luther,  Cashier 

L.  J.  Knapp,  Secretary  and 
Assistant  Cashier 


William  A.  Dyche,   Vice-President  and 

Chairman  of  the  Board 
H.  J.  Wallingford,  Vice-President 
F.  O.  Potter,  Assistant  Cashier 
A.  K.  Scheidenhelm,  Assistant  Cashier 


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r"PHE  City  National  Bank  of  Evanston  was  organized  in  February,  1900,  and  opened 
■*-  for  business  on  June  21,  1900,  in  its  present  location,  with  a  capital  of  $100,000.00. 
On  March  31, 1924,  the  combined  capital,  surplus  and  undivided  profits  were  $549,631.08, 
and  deposits  $6,099,319.65. 

The  institution  is  a  member  of  the  Federal  Reserve  System  and  an  affiliated  member 
of  the  Chicago  Clearing  House  Association.  It  is  well  equipped  to  serve  the  needs  of 
the  rapidly  growing  community  and  among  its  departments  are  Commercial,  Savings, 
Loan,  Bond,  Trust,  and  Safe  Deposit  Vault. 

The  bank  occupies  more  than  two  floors  of  a  modern  and  attractive  office  building, 
the  upper  floors  of  which  are  used  as  offices  by  doctors  and  dentists. 

The  officers  of  the  bank  are : 
Charles  N.  Stevens,  President  George  B.  Burdsal,  Asst.  Cashier 

Edwin  Sherman,  Vice-President  Arthur  P.  Rogers,  Asst.  Cashier 

Hurd  Comstock,  Cashier  Julian  Tiffany,  Asst.  Cashier 


The  Directorate  includes: 


William  W.  Buchanan 
J.  H.  Fall,  Jr. 
William  S.  Mason 
A.  D.  Sheridan 
Charles  N.  Stevens 

Rawleigh  Warner 

The  employees  of  the  bank  number  forty-five. 


Thomas  H.  Eddy 
David  R.  Forgan 
James  A.  Patten 
Edwin  Sherman 
Charles  E.  Ward 


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Assistant  Cashier 


JAMES  R.  SMART 
Vice  President 


Evanston  Trust  and  Savings  Ban\ 

'"THE  Evanston  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  was  organized  in  January,  1914,  a 
time  when  no  bank  existed  south  of  Davis  Street.    On  May  23,  1914  the 
bank  opened  for  business  at  915  Chicago  Avenue. 

The  development  of  the  Main  Street  district  is  indicated  by  the  growth 
of  this  bank.  In  1914  the  assets  of  the  bank  were  $209,419.56.  Today  they 
are  $2,605,468.58. 

The  bank  now  occupies  a  new  fireproof  building,  which  also  contains  the 
most  modern  safety  deposit  vaults.  This  bank  has  also  recently  qualified  as  a 
trust  company.    The  present  officers  and  directors  are  as  follows: 

John  Westreicher,  President 
James  R.  Smart,  Vice-President 
Arthur  F.  Bull,  Cashier 
Elmer  M.  Galitz,  Asst.  Cashier 


Isak  Anderson 
Charles  H.  Bosworth 
Harry  B.  Hurd 

Daniel  McCann 
George  Craig  Stewart 


Charles  S.  Castle  Arthur  F.  Bull 

Michael  Foley  Christian  J.  Golee 

George  M.  Ludlow        Joseph  L.  McNab 
William  J.  CTConnell   James  R.  Smart 
John  Westreicher  James  D.  Wigginton,  Jr. 


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CLYDE  FOSTER 
Vice  President 


CENTRAL  STATE  SAVINGS  BANK 


Central  State  Savings  Ban\ 

'"THE  bank  opened  for  business  December  22,  1921,  with  deposits  the 
first  day  of  $12,861.71-     The  deposits  now  amount  to  $540,535.59. 
The  institution  is  housed  in  its  own  building  in  North  Evanston.    The 
officers  are: 

Walter  M.  Mitchell,  President 
Clyde  D.  Foster,  Vice-President 
J.  A.  Brooks,  Cashier 
Carl  J.  Rang,  Asst.  Cashier. 


Commercial  Trust  and  Savings  Ban\ 

A  NEW  member  in  our  banking  family  will  be  in  operation  in  the  near 

future  in  the  present  quarters  of  Quinlan  and  Tyson  in  the  Rood 

Building.    The  Commercial  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  is  promoted  by  John 

Hahn,  who  is  to  be  its  president,  George   Iredale,  William  Eastman, 

Charles  Wallace  and  Daniel  McCann.    It  will  be  capitalized  for  $200,000. 


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A  Progressive  Policy  for  a  Greater  Evanston 

THOSE  of  us  who  have  lived  here  for  a  number  of  years  have  in  our  mind's  eye  a  picture  of  Evanston  as  it  was.    We  have 
watched  its  growth  in  sane,  well  regulated  directions.    Mistakes  have  been  made  but  not  serious  ones  and  we  are  all  well 
satisfied  with  the  result,  the  Evanston  of  today. 

In  the  evolution  of  every  city,  however,  there  comes  a  time  when  the  growth  is  very  rapid  or  there  is  a  decline.  Evanston 
has  before  it,  in  the  opinion  of  the  writer,  an  expansion  more  rapid  than  any  it  has  ever  experienced.  There  is  a  danger  in 
growing  too  rapidly  that  we  must  guard  against,  and  there  are  policies  and  ideals  toward  which  we  must  work  if  we  want 
to  be  as  well  satisfied  with  our  city  10  years  hence  as  we  are  today. 

The  greatest  danger  to  our  very  existence  is  the  possibility  of  annexation  to  Chicago.  This  is  no  idle  talk ;  the  danger 
is  real.  It  seems  almost  certain  that  the  territory  along  our  western  border  will  soon  be  a  part  of  Chicago,  thus  absolutely 
limiting  our  boundaries.     With  space  limited,  care  in  development  is  more  necessary  than  ever. 

To  inculcate  in  the  minds  and  hearts  of  the  people  of  Evanston  a  love  of  their  city  and  a  desire  to  keep  it  a  spot  in 
which  they  will  want  to  live  for  the  rest  of  their  lives,  should  be  the  hope  and  aim  of  every  organization,  for  it  is  only  through 
unity  of  thought,  work  and  deed  that  this  happy  result  may  be  attained. 

Neighborliness  and  good  fellowship  are  best  developed  through  the  churches,  men's  clubs,  women's  clubs,  boy  scouts, 
campfire  girls,  Y.M.C.A.,  Y.W.C.A.,  business  men's  associations,  and  neighborhood  organizations.  Let  us  have  more  of 
them,  develop  them,  and  keep  them  active. 

One  school  district  for  Evanston  would  make  for  economy  and  efficiency.  The  joint  use  of  the  junior  high  school  is  a 
good  start  in  this  direction. 

Consolidated  charities,  with  a  clearing  house  to  compare  notes,  would  save  overhead  and  duplicated  effort  and  prevent 
imposition. 

Develop  transportation  on  the  west  side  of  the  city  with  a  north  and  south  line  to  connect  with  a  Chicago  line  to  the 
northwest  side. 

Develop  an  east  and  west  boulevard  system  on  Main  Street,  Church  Street,  and  Central  Street,  and  relieve  north  and 
south  traffic  by  making  Asbury  Avenue  a  through  street  connecting  with  Western  Avenue. 

For  our  long  talked  of  war  memorial,  let  us  build  an  auditorium  or  community  activities  building,  with  large  assembly 
hall,  recreation  rooms  for  common  use,  and  offices  for  the  Legion  and  other  organizations. 

Let  us  have  one  park  district. 

Solve  with  the  colored  folk  a  practical  community  business  and  social  center  and  encourage  more  pride  in  their  homes. 

Plant  more  trees  and  perpetuate  the  reputation  of  Evanston  as  a  city  of  natural  beauty. 

Let  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  other  business  organizations  be  more  active  in  promoting  a  spirit  of  friendliness  and 
co-operation  between  merchant  and  customer. 

To  help  solve  our  ever-increasing  traffic  and  parking  problems  let  us  have  wider  streets,  through  streets,  and  one-way 

streets. 

Let  us  have  a  theatre  where  we  may  enjoy  theatricals  of  a  high  character,  and  let  us  be  broad-minded  and  progressive 
enough  to  permit  theatres  to  open  on  Sundays  for  the  many  who  want  entertainment  and  are  now  patronizing  Chicago  houses. 

Let  us  work  for  the  electrification  of  railroads  and  depression  of  tracks  rather  than  elevation. 

Let  us  encourage  athletics  by  permitting  the  young  men  and  women  to  use  the  high  school  athletic  field,  yes,  even  on 
Sundays.  Taxpayers  are  apt  to  feel  that  they  are  entitled  to  the  use  of  the  equipment  their  money  buys,  especially  when  that 
equipment  is  not  in  use  a  good  part  of  the  time. 

More  small  parks  with  fewer  trees  and  more  tennis  courts,  skating  rinks,  and  small  baseball  diamonds  will  help  turn 
the  excess  energy  of  our  citizens  into  proper  channels. 

Surely,  we  have  the  talent  for  an  Evanston  band  for  concerts,  parades  and  gala  occasions. 

No  opportunity  should  be  lost  to  cement  the  feeling  of  friendship  between  town  and  gown. 

Let  us  guard  well  against  any  encroachment  of  our  zoning  ordinance  for  through  this  agency  our  development  will  be 
best  protected. 

To  the  end  that  concerted  action  may  be  had  to  accomplish  these  and  other  things,  and  for  the  co-ordination  of  ideas 
and  effort,  let  us  by  all  means  organize  a  congress  or  council  of  the  presidents  or  presiding  officers  of  all  civic  organizations, 
the  Council,  Community  clubs,  churches,  business  men's  associations,  university  and  school  boards,  American  Legion,  and 
all  other  bodies  interested  in  the  city's  welfare,  and  through  this  group  sell  Evanston  and  its  traditions  to  all  citizens. 

|k*      Lastly,  in  all  things  let  us  have  regard  for  the  other  fellow's  viewpoint,  be  charitable  and  patient,  and  we  will  build 
within  ourselves  a  spirit  of  unity  that  nothing  can  break  down.     May  our  motto  be — 

"AH  for  Evanston — Evanston  for  AH" 

(Editor's  Note:  The  above  essay  was  awarded  the  prize  as  the  most  practical  program  for  Evanston.    The 
author   is  a   Kiwanian   and   has   directed   that   the  $50.00  prize   money  go   to  the  S[ear  East  Relief.) 


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To  our  Fellow  Members  of  Kiwanis  Club 
and  Citizens  of  Evanston 

f~\UR  committee  accepted  the  commission  to  prepare  a  book 
on  Evanston  which  would  add  to  the  traditions  of  our 
city  and  record  its  achievements.  We  have  endeavored  to 
follow  the  light  of  unprejudiced  judgment  in  the  selection 
and  compilation  of  its  contents.  We  have  tried  not  to  be 
over  boastful  of  the  many  good  records  of  our  city.  We  have 
tried  to  make  this  book  a  trained  and  skilled  l "salesman" ,  of 
Evanston  to  the  stranger;  a  helpful  friend  and  advisor  to  the 
citizen;  and  an  agent  of  positive  community  service  for 
Kiwanis.  Our  hardest  task  was  the  selection  of  material 
from  the  mass  accumulated,  both  pictures  and  copy. 

We  express  our  appreciation  to  the  Historical  Society; 
to  J.  Seymour  Currey;  to  T.  E.  Tallmadge;  to  Felix  Schmidt, 
who  painted  the  Indian  scene  on  our  first  page;  and  to  the 
photographic  studios  of  Ray,  Toloff,  Guhl,  Schreurs,  Kauf- 
man-Fabry  Company,  and  Lois  Mick;  and  to  many  others, 
including  a  large  number  of  Kiwanians,  who  by  counsel,  pic 
tures,  copy  and  conscientious  work,  have  helped  this  com' 
mittee  to  perform  its  task. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Edward  B.  Davidson,  Chairman 
George  E.  Davis 
Peter  N.  Jans 
Chauncey  S.  Patrick 
Edward  H.  Payne 
Joseph  W.  Work 


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Table  of  Contents 


A 


N 


American  Legion 73 

Amusements 82 

Arden  Shore 71 

Ascension  of  Our  Lord  Parochial  School 54 

B 

Barbareux  Music  School 54 

Boy  Scouts 76 

Buccaneer  Yacht  Club 78 

C 

Camp  Fire  Girls 72 

Canoe  Club 78 

Central  Association  of  Charities 71 

Central  Council  of  Mothers  Clubs 63 

Central  State  Savings  Bank 91 

Chamber  of  Commerce 60 

Child  Welfare...    .' 71 

Churches 32-37 

City  National  Bank 89 

City  Officials 40 

Coast  Guard 80 

Commercial  Trust  and  Savings  Bank 91 

Community  Music 64 

Company  "E" 81 

Company  "I" 81 

Country  Club 78 

Cradle  Society 70 

D 

Dawes,  Charles  G 61 

Dedication 1 

Dorcas  Home 70 

E 

Editorial 93 

Elks  Lodge 71  &  78 

Evanshire  Hotel 85 

Evanston  Club 78 

Evanston  Community  Union 70 

Evanston  Hospital 68 

Evanston  Hotel 84 

Evanston — the  Corporation  41 

Evanston  Trust  &  Savings  Bank 90 

F 
Festival  Assocation 66 

G 

G.  A.  R 73 

Garden  Club 62 

Garrett  Biblical  Institute 48 

Girl  Scouts ' 72 

Goat  Raising 71 

Grove  House 71 

H 

High  School 50 

History  of  Evanston 3-12 

Hotels 83-87 

I 
Illinois  Children's  Home  and  Aid  Society 70 

K 

Kings  Daughters  Home 70 

Kiwanis  Club 58 

L 

Lake  Scenes 30 

Lake  Shore  Neighborhood  Club 62 

Library  Plaza  Hotel 86 

M 

Marguerita  Home 70 

Mary  wood  School 54 

Masonic  Lodges 78 

Mens'  Club,  St.  Luke's  Church 62 

Military  Training  Corps 72 

Militia 81 

Minute  Men  of  the  Constitution 73 

Mothers'  Clubs 63 


National  Kindergarten  &  Elementary  College 54 

Newman  Council 79 

Newman  Court 79 

North  End  Improvements  Association 62 

North  End  Mens'  Club 62 

North  Evanston  Business  Men's  Association 62 

North  Evanston  4th  of  July  Celebration 65 

North  Shore  Community  House  Association 70 

North  Shore  Hotel 83 

Northwestern  University 44-47 

Norwegian-Danish  Seminary 49 

O 

Old  Settlers  Association 62 

Optimist  Club 57 

Orchestras 64 

Orrington  Hotel 87 

Odd  Fellows,  Independent  Order  of 79 


Parent-Teachers  Associations 63 

Presbyterian  Home 70 

Prize  Essay 92 

Public  Library 55 

Public  Schools 51-53 

Pythian  Sisters 79 

R 

Real  Estate  Board 59 

Red  Cross 72 

Red  Letter  Days 15 

Religious  Education  in  Public  Schools 38 

Rotary  Club 56 

Roycemore  School 54 

S 

Saddle  Club 78 

Salvation  Army 71 

Sheridan  Shore  Yacht  Club 78 

St.  Athanasius  Parochial  School 54 

St.  Francis  Hospital 69 

St.  Mary's  Parochial  School 54 

St.  Nicholas  Parochial  School 54 

State  Bank  6?  Trust  Company 88 

Story  of  Evanston 18-29 

Sunday  Afternoon  Club 79 

Swedish  Societies'  Old  People's  Home 70 

Swedish  Theological  Seminary 49 

T 

Tank  Company 81 

Theatres 82 

Thrift  House 71 

Transportation 39 

Triangle  Community  Club 62 

U 

United  Spanish  War  Veterans 72 

United  Veterans  of  the  Republic 72 

University  Club 78 

V 

Vesper  Rebekah  Lodge 79 

Visiting  Nurses'  Association 71 


W 


War  Records . 
W.  C.  T.  U. 


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Western  Theological  Seminary 49 

When  Winter  Comes 31 

Women's  Club 74 

Y 

Y.  M.  C.  A 77 

Young  Women's  Community  Club 70 


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